Considering battery storage on your Texas land?

Describe the land before trying to size a project

Give the county, nearby town and property address or road. A parcel number or marked-up map helps if the property has no address. Tell us whether you would consider a lease, sale or either, and whether you are offering the whole tract or only a portion.

Describe how you use it now. Include farming, tenants, grazing, deliveries and any entrance that must stay open. If you plan to build or divide the rest later, say so. The equipment area, construction space, access road and cable route can affect different parts of the property.

Do not estimate how many megawatts the land can support from its acreage. That depends on the actual layout and connection. A useful starting note is: “I could consider the area beside the north entrance, but I need to keep access to the back field.”

Identify the proposed connection, not just a nearby line

Ask the developer to name the utility or service provider and the proposed connection point. If the proposal uses ERCOT’s process, ask which studies apply to that project. Do not assume an ERCOT document answers a connection question for every property in Texas.

ERCOT’s current Planning Guide includes energy storage in its generator interconnection process. It also addresses large generators connected at distribution voltage. A project’s megawatt rating alone is therefore not enough to tell you whether it would use a transmission or distribution connection.

A nearby substation is useful location information. It does not show that capacity has been reserved for your property or what upgrades would cost. Ask for the dated project records and an explanation of what they establish.

Reference: ERCOT: Section 5, Generator Interconnection or Modification, August 1, 2026 · ERCOT: resource integration

Understand why land may be reserved before construction

A developer may seek an option while investigating the connection and layout. For the full interconnection study route described in ERCOT’s Section 5, proof of site control is one of the application requirements. The guide recognizes several arrangements, including a valid written option to purchase or obtain a leasehold interest.

That study requirement does not set the price or payment schedule in your agreement. Ask how long the land would be reserved, what you receive during that time and who can extend it. Find out what starts construction payments and operating rent, if those are proposed.

Have the draft and its map reviewed together. If the equipment location is undecided, ask how the reserved area will be narrowed down and how land that is not needed will be released.

Reference: ERCOT: Section 5, Generator Interconnection or Modification, August 1, 2026

Check the remaining decisions and responsibilities

Ask the developer to list the connection work and site approvals still required, the party responsible for each and the expected next decision. Confirm the authority responsible for the actual parcel. A utility study does not establish the land-use permission for that location.

Discuss construction access, drainage, nearby homes and the work needed after operation ends. Ask who repairs damage, maintains roads and removes equipment. Put these questions alongside payment terms rather than leaving them until a layout is final.

You can contact Sunland before gathering all these answers. Start with your contact details and the land’s location. Mention any existing proposal or study you have been given; sending an inquiry does not reserve your land or commit you to a transaction.