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Sumner council approves 31-year aerial easement for BrightNight battery lines
Summary
The Sumner City Council unanimously approved an aerial right-of-way easement allowing BrightNight to install transmission lines connecting its battery energy storage system to the White River Substation. The easement runs for 31 years with two 10‑year extension options and includes a $25,175 payment toward a nearby intersection study.
The Sumner City Council voted unanimously to grant an aerial right-of-way easement to BrightNight, allowing the energy-storage company to install and operate overhead transmission lines that will connect its battery energy storage system to the White River Substation.
The easement, adopted by council after a staff presentation, grants BrightNight rights in a vertical column of air above the roadway and is limited to a 31-year term with two options to extend for 10 years each. Deputy City Attorney Doug Roof described the scope and limits of the agreement: "It is an aerial easement ... a 60 by 85 area, and then 25 feet above that area, going up to wherever the FAA regulates, would be where they have their rights to put their transmission lines." He added the lines themselves are expected to be mounted around 45 feet above ground.
The easement requires BrightNight to construct, operate, maintain and, if necessary,…
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