Centralia Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanned
Thurston County, Washington · EIA plant ID 68282 · Operator: CENT bn, LLC
200 MW planned (Batteries), first expected Dec 2028 · EIA-860M
Nameplate—MWSummer — MW
Generators0in service
Net generation—GWh12 mo
Capacity factor—not meaningful for storage
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online—
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), primary-fuel units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
No capacity factor available.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT | Batteries | BA | 200 | 200 | planned Dec 2028 | Planned | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: CENT bn, LLC. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Transalta Centralia Generation | 730 MW | 3.3 km |
| Skookumchuck | 1 MW | 12.6 km |
| Chehalis Generating Facility | 593 MW | 17.6 km |
| Skookumchuck Wind Facility | 136 MW | 18.5 km |
| Yelm | 12 MW | 28.8 km |
| Mayfield | 162 MW | 38.2 km |