Energy storage is now a foundational pillar of the clean energy transition, but market intelligence has been slow to keep up. Battery energy storage system (BESS) developers and energy buyers have been hindered by limited or unreliable pricing data, impeding their ability to benchmark prices effectively and make procurement decisions with confidence.
That changes today. We're proud to announce the launch of MarketPulse Storagebeta — a market intelligence tool for storage tolling data from the world’s largest clean energy hub, LevelTen Energy.
Introducing MarketPulse Storagebeta
MarketPulse Storagebeta allows users to access and analyze real market price offers for battery tolls on standalone storage and storage that is co-located with solar projects. Benchmarking is simple: Just click to compare real, standardized price offers from BESS developers, and filter data by battery duration, project geography, and contract term length.
MarketPulse Storagebeta provides access to actual storage tolling data: hundreds of data points from real offers across major US markets including CAISO, ERCOT, MISO, and SPP. Preliminary storage tolling data is available in some European markets today, with more comprehensive data points coming soon.
MarketPulse Storagebeta compiles and standardizes storage tolling offers from standalone and co-located storage facilities, showing historical pricing trends from Q1 2024 onward. Tolls can be analyzed individually, summarized in statistical quantiles (minimum, P10, P25, P50, P75, P90 and maximum prices), or displayed as a quarterly time series.
The dashboard can be filtered by battery output duration, geography/market, project development maturity, and contract term length — giving you a personalized view of key insights that matter to you. Need to go deeper? The new drill-down function allows users to zoom in on aggregated data to better understand individual anonymized project’s capacity, round-trip efficiency assumptions, battery chemistry, and price escalator details.
Chart images, aggregated data, and underlying data can all be exported directly from MarketPulse. You can even receive automated, customized report notifications straight to your inbox — so you don’t miss a beat.
MarketPulse Storagebeta expands upon the industry-leading power purchase agreement (PPA) price benchmarking data LevelTen Energy has provided through MarketPulse since 2022. Adding storage tolling data in this beta release is an important step in an exciting new chapter of MarketPulse that will grow to include data insights for hybrid PPA offers and other emerging storage-contracting structures.
Bridging the Data Gap
Developers and large energy buyers currently face a significant hurdle: a scarcity of readily available storage pricing data from actual tolling offers. This market opacity hinders their ability to compete in a rapidly growing market.
Developers, traditionally more accustomed to working with utilities, are now seeing a rapid increase in corporate requests for storage procurement. This shift requires a deeper understanding of the market and its pricing dynamics for developers to accurately benchmark offers and submit competitive bids.
For corporate energy buyers, the challenges are equally demanding. Many are grappling with concerns about price cannibalization with the standalone renewable projects they've contracted with, and are seeking to understand how storage can enhance PPAs and mitigate price volatility. Storage provides resilience against negative price risk — both as a standalone hedge against current solar or wind PPAs, and within multi-technology PPAs which leverage storage alongside power generation. A growing number of sophisticated buyers are also focused on meeting ambitious 24/7 clean energy goals, or procuring accredited capacity for expanding power needs. For corporate buyers new to the intricacies of storage deals, the lack of resources and data to compare offers is a major impediment.
The storage-contracting landscape is not yet as established as the traditional PPA space. Despite its operational complexities, tolling agreements are currently the industry standard, and yet market participants still lack clear intelligence to guide strategic contracting decisions.
Clarity, Confidence, and Competitive Edge
For energy buyers, MarketPulse Storagebeta provides the clarity and pricing precision needed to make strategic storage procurement decisions. It allows for easy comparison of different tolling offers and key project details based on standardized data from actual tolling offers.
For developers, transparent storage pricing and market data are essential for creating competitive offers and earning a coveted spot on buyers’ shortlists. By better understanding the market and using actual storage pricing data for benchmarking, developers can refine their pricing assumptions and maximize their competitiveness.
The launch of MarketPulse Storagebeta is a major step toward a more transparent, efficient, and confident energy storage market, giving participants the data they've long needed. Stay tuned for more updates as MarketPulse expands further, providing subscribers with even more data types to accelerate the clean energy economy.
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