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Revere City tables battery energy storage zoning ordinance amid state permitting uncertainty
Summary
The subcommittee agreed to table Council Order 25-1-92, which would create zoning provisions for battery energy storage systems, after a representative cited ambiguity in state permitting; no formal roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript.
The Revere City Zoning Subcommittee agreed to table Council Order 25-1-92, an ordinance that would establish zoning provisions for battery energy storage systems, on Sept. 8, 2025, after a representative requested a delay because of uncertainty in the state permitting process.
Tom Skorowski of 281 Broadway told the subcommittee, "We're actually requesting that this item be tabled, for the time being. So currently, there's a little bit of ambiguity be behind the state permitting process for these projects, and, we don't wanna get ahead of ourselves." The subcommittee members indicated agreement and the chair said the item "will be tabled." The transcript does not record a formal roll-call vote on the tabling motion.
A member of the subcommittee opened discussion by saying, "Mister director, this 1 won't be so easy," signaling that members saw substantive regulatory or permitting complexity. The planning director acknowledged the point and offered to take questions but the applicant representative asked for the item to be postponed to await clarity on state permitting.
The meeting record indicates the item will return to the subcommittee at a later date when state-level permitting requirements are clarified. No amendments, conditions, or deadlines for return were recorded in the transcript.
