23 January 2026
MISO's ERAS fast track excludes merchant battery energy storage
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MISO's ERAS fast track excludes merchant battery energy storage
MISO's Expedited Resource Addition Study (ERAS) promises Generator Interconnection Agreements (GIAs) in three months instead of the 2.5 to 5 years required under the Definitive Planning Process (DPP). However, for merchant BESS developers, those savings are inaccessible. ERAS requires an executed off-take agreement, 100% site control, and regulatory confirmation of capacity need. As a result, gas captured 75% of capacity in Cycles 1 and 2. All four BESS projects that qualified are utility-owned or have contracted off-take.
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