diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/Circuitboards/Machine/production.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/Circuitboards/Machine/production.yml
index a07d1ad655..3cb9c7dcfa 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/Circuitboards/Machine/production.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Devices/Circuitboards/Machine/production.yml
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
       sprite: Objects/Misc/module.rsi
       state: power_mod
     - type: MachineBoard
-      prototype: SMESBasic
+      prototype: SMESBasicEmpty
       requirements:
         Capacitor: 10
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
   description: A machine printed circuit board for a substation
   components:
     - type: MachineBoard
-      prototype: SubstationBasic
+      prototype: SubstationBasicEmpty
       requirements:
         Capacitor: 3
       materialRequirements:
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/smes.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/smes.yml
index e555728bdb..38b1acfa54 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/smes.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/smes.yml
@@ -71,3 +71,11 @@
   - type: Battery
     maxCharge: 10000000
     startingCharge: 10000000
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: SMESBasic
+  id: SMESBasicEmpty
+  suffix: Empty
+  components:
+  - type: Battery
+    startingCharge: 0
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/substation.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/substation.yml
index 42bee61ae8..1a06b6ce64 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/substation.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Power/substation.yml
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@
     maxCharge: 4000000
     startingCharge: 4000000
 
+- type: entity
+  parent: SubstationBasic
+  id: SubstationBasicEmpty
+  suffix: Empty
+  components:
+  - type: Battery
+    startingCharge: 0
+
 - type: entity
   parent: BaseSubstationWall
   id: SubstationWallBasic