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Council hears proposed rules for battery energy storage systems; no final vote recorded in public minutes

5811762 · September 22, 2025
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Council considered an ordinance adding standards for battery energy storage systems (BESS) as special-use-permit qualifiers and closed the public hearing; Planning Commission had recommended approval, but no recorded final vote on the ordinance appears in the transcript.

Katy City Council opened a public hearing and reviewed draft ordinance language intended to add regulatory standards for battery energy storage systems (BESS) to the city’s special-use-permit process, but the transcript does not record a final council vote on the ordinance.

City Planner Rachel Liza summarized the history: earlier this year the council denied the city’s first BESS request and directed staff on Jan. 13 to…

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