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City council approves budget amendments to accept community and clean-energy grants amid public skepticism on battery storage
Summary
Council unanimously approved ordinances to accept a Community Based Public Partnership (CBP3) grant and a Clean Energy Community grant. A public commenter questioned solar-plus-battery projects' return on investment and insurance and disposal costs.
The Spokane City Council on July 14 amended the city's biennial budget to accept a Community Based Public Partnership (CBP3) grant and a Clean Energy Community grant, voting unanimously on both measures. The ordinances—listed in the record as c 36 7 13 (CBP3) and c 36 7 17 (Clean Energy Community grant)—were approved after short public-comment windows. Dennis Flynn, who identified…
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