Supervisors continue work on wind, solar and battery ordinance after public raises concerns about draft
A lengthy work session covered a new standalone battery-energy section and other changes to a county ordinance governing wind and solar; members of the public said the draft circulated Friday did not match earlier work-session discussions, and supervisors set a process for collecting written comments and scheduling a follow-up review.
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Des Moines County supervisors held a work session Sept. 9 focused on updates to the county’s wind, solar and commercial energy storage ordinance, including a newly drafted standalone section for battery-energy storage systems. Public commenters and several supervisors said the draft released on Sept. 5 did not reflect changes they had discussed in prior meetings, prompting a decision to gather written comments and hold a targeted review before finalizing the ordinance.
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