diff --git a/julia_src/Manifest.toml b/julia_src/Manifest.toml
index d70a383ef..fe97a7a04 100644
--- a/julia_src/Manifest.toml
+++ b/julia_src/Manifest.toml
@@ -932,9 +932,9 @@ uuid = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
 
 [[deps.REopt]]
 deps = ["ArchGDAL", "CSV", "CoolProp", "DataFrames", "Dates", "DelimitedFiles", "HTTP", "JLD", "JSON", "JuMP", "LinDistFlow", "LinearAlgebra", "Logging", "MathOptInterface", "Requires", "Roots", "Statistics", "TestEnv"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "f9fd5a8419a3a1c057403fb34fd4f47c15afe28e"
+git-tree-sha1 = "e87732914598f85a8ba0ad3226df540b84dd1ec7"
 uuid = "d36ad4e8-d74a-4f7a-ace1-eaea049febf6"
-version = "0.54.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 
 [[deps.Random]]
 deps = ["SHA"]
diff --git a/reoptjl/migrations/0104_cstinputs_can_waste_heat.py b/reoptjl/migrations/0104_cstinputs_can_waste_heat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51704a1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reoptjl/migrations/0104_cstinputs_can_waste_heat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.0.7 on 2025-09-25 20:01
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('reoptjl', '0103_merge_20250917_2157'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='cstinputs',
+            name='can_waste_heat',
+            field=models.BooleanField(blank=True, default=True, help_text='Boolean indicator if CST waste (not use) heat relative to its potential production', null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/reoptjl/models.py b/reoptjl/models.py
index 8472bd177..38272057f 100644
--- a/reoptjl/models.py
+++ b/reoptjl/models.py
@@ -8966,6 +8966,12 @@ class CSTInputs(BaseModel, models.Model):
         blank=True,
         help_text="Boolean indicator if CST can only supply hot TES"   
     )
+    can_waste_heat = models.BooleanField(
+        default=True,
+        null=True, 
+        blank=True,
+        help_text="Boolean indicator if CST waste (not use) heat relative to its potential production"   
+    )    
     emissions_factor_lb_CO2_per_mmbtu = models.FloatField(
         validators=[
             MinValueValidator(0),