QUICK FACTS: Battery Energy Storage In States

Last Updated: 8/5/25

Top Battery Storage Capacity States

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the top ten states for installed battery capacity are:

  1. California (7,302 MW)
  2. Texas (3,167 MW)
  3. Arizona (803 MW)
  4. Florida (561 MW)
  5. Massachusetts (258 MW)
  6. Nevada (249 MW)
  7. Colorado (240 MW)
  8. New Mexico (238 MW)
  9. New York (194 MW)
  10. Hawaii (175 MW)

Top States For Battery Storage Employment

The 2024 E2 Clean Jobs America Report found that the top ten states for energy storage, including batteries, employment are:

  1. California (18,062 jobs)
  2. Nevada (9,181 jobs)
  3. Texas (8,519 jobs)
  4. Massachusetts (5,087 jobs)
  5. Michigan (2,684 jobs)
  6. Washington (2,592 jobs)
  7. Illinois (2,539 jobs)
  8. Florida (2,517 jobs)
  9. New York (2,352 jobs)
  10. Pennsylvania (2,079 jobs)

Climate Power’s most recent Clean Energy Jobs Report found that the top ten states for battery energy storage jobs announced since the passage of the IRA are:

  1. Kansas (20,792)
  2. Nevada (16,598)
  3. Michigan (11,894)
  4. Indiana (10,740)
  5. Georgia (9,510 jobs)
  6. California (8,161 jobs)
  7. North Carolina (7,867 jobs)
  8. South Carolina (6,726 jobs)
  9. Arizona (6,637 jobs)
  10. Ohio (5,370 jobs)

Top States For Battery Investment

Climate Power’s most recent Clean Energy Boom Report found that the top ten states for battery investment announced since the passage of the IRA are:

  1. California, $23.7 billion ($23,732,540,000)
  2. Georgia, $13.2 billion ($13,262,800,000)
  3. Nevada, $12.9 billion ($12,906,322,049)
  4. Michigan, $12.4 billion ($12,436,600,000)
  5. Indiana, $12.1 billion ($12,143,000,000)
  6. Arizona, $10 billion ($10,030,000,000)
  7. Ohio, $8.8 billion ($8,815,315,014)
  8. South Carolina, $6 billion ($6,016,700,000)
  9. Tennessee, $4.7 billion ($4,741,500,000)
  10. Kansas, $4.2 billion ($4,204,700,000) 

Top States For Battery Projects

Climate Power’s most recent Clean Energy Boom Report found that the top states for battery projects announced since the passage of the IRA are:

1. California (20 projects)

2. Michigan (19 projects)

3-t. North Carolina (14 projects)

3-t. South Carolina (14 projects)

4-t. Arizona (13 projects) 

4-t. Nevada (13 projects)

4-t. Texas (13 projects)

5. Ohio (11 projects)