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Caballero

Operational99.7 MWChecked 6 October 2026

Technology
Battery storage (399 MWh)
Capacity
99.7 MW
Status
Operational
Operator
Caballero CA Storage LLC
Location
San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
First operating
2025
Balancing authority
CISO

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The register holds 54 incidents at battery storage sites in the United States, 43 of them fires, and 177 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

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