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Board tables Remington battery storage special exception for 30 days after safety questions
Summary
The board voted to table a resolution approving a siting agreement and special exception for a proposed 100-MW battery energy storage system at Dominion’s Remington power station to allow staff and supervisors time to review fire-safety and groundwater concerns raised by citizens and commissioners.
The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors voted to table consideration of a proposed siting agreement with Virginia Electric and Power Company (Dominion Energy) and a special exception for a 100-megawatt battery energy storage system at the Remington power station for 30 days.
County staff described the proposed facility as using about 72 acres of the existing 225-acre Remington station parcel and consisting of 174 individual battery enclosures with accompanying substation, access roads, stormwater controls and fencing. Staff and the planning commission recommended…
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