Electric generating plantEIA plant no. 67299

Pome BESS

Type
Batteries
Nameplate capacity
100 MW
Units
1
Operator
Mn8 Energy LLC
Location
Poway, San Diego County, California
Rated 277th largest in California · 2657th of 14,017 in the U.S. · by nameplate

Pome BESS is a battery storage power plant in California with a nameplate capacity of 100 MW.

The 100 MW is nameplate capacity: the most this plant's generators are rated to produce, not what it actually generates. EPA eGRID reports no positive net generation for it this year.

How it works

A battery storage site

charge middaydischarge evening1battery containers2inverters, both ways3the grid
  1. Rows of shipping-container-sized battery racks store electricity chemically.
  2. Inverters charge them from the grid — often midday, when solar is plentiful and cheap.
  3. In the evening peak the same inverters run the other way and send power back.

Why the numbers look like this: every charge-and-discharge cycle loses some energy as heat, so a storage site usually reports slightly negative net generation: it takes in a little more than it gives back. Its job is timing, not making energy.

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasSolarBiomassBattery Storage

Location

Address13830 Danielson Street
CityPoway
CountySan Diego County
StateCalifornia
ZIP92064
Coordinates32.94005, -117.03190
OperatorMn8 Energy LLC

Generators (1)

IDTechnologyFuelNameplate capacityStatusOnline
10101BatteriesBattery100 MWUnder Construction—

Ownership

OwnerLocationShare
Pome BESS LLCDelray Beach, FL10000.0%

Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.

Grid context

NERC RegionWECC
Balancing AuthorityCalifornia Independent System Operator

About Battery Storage plants

Battery storage facilities don't generate electricity — they store it. They charge from the grid (often from solar during the day) and discharge during peak demand or to firm up renewables. EIA classifies them as power plants because they connect to the grid like one.

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