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Resident warns commissioners about proposed Halstead battery storage project and tax implications
Summary
A Halstead-area resident urged the county to examine zoning and tax impacts of a proposed battery energy storage facility he said could store tens of thousands of batteries, raise public-safety concerns and receive long tax abatements under state proposals.
Kevin Henderson, a Halstead resident, told the Harvey County Board of Commissioners on April 1 that a proposed commercial battery-energy storage facility near Halstead raises zoning, tax and public-safety concerns.
Henderson said the proposal would place shipping containers holding “between 64 and 70,000 batteries” in a corner of Halstead and that county planning and zoning staff indicated such battery storage is not allowed in unincorporated county zoning. He said the project proponent described the development as a…
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