Independent research — energy storage and power markets
In India, the value of a battery is not set by price. It is set by rule — by what a project is entitled to inject, when it may take banked energy back, and on what date that entitlement ends. Those rules differ in every State, and they are changing quickly.
This is where that work is published. Free, and open to correction.
Banking, General Network Access and BESS economics under KERC's draft Regulations of June 2026 — the ninety-day window, the slot restriction on banking, and when a battery is actually worth buying.
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