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Board approves Harwood battery storage siting agreement, selects recurring payment option

3654771 · March 19, 2025
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Summary

After a staff presentation and a public hearing, supervisors approved a siting agreement for the Harwood battery storage facility and selected option E3 — a series of recurring payments to the county — subject to county attorney approval.

The Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on a siting agreement proffered by the developer of the Harwood battery energy storage project and approved the document by roll‑call vote, selecting the developers’ option that provides the largest cumulative payment stream to the county.

County counsel Richard Stewart summarized the agreement and confirmed that confidential provisions requested by the applicant had been removed at the county’s insistence. County administrator Matthew Smolnick said the…

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