McAvoy: Texas battery storage pricing peaked in 2023 then fell sharply
Sean McAvoy · Battery booms and the rise of flexibility [partner content] · Mar 30, 2026 · at 7:26
Sean McAvoy of GridBeyond analyzes historical battery revenue trajectories in ERCOT after substantial new storage capacity flooded the grid.
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“And I think the last really good year of battery pricing, for example, in Texas was probably around, like, twenty-twenty-three. And then it started to really drop in 24. And then, like, we saw it further in twenty-twenty-five.”
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