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Emmons County sets public hearing for Evans Logan energy storage project
Summary
The Emmons County Commission set a public hearing for Aug. 5 on a conditional-use permit application from Evans Logan Energy Storage LLC after questions about safety, scale and tax treatment.
The Emmons County Commission voted to schedule a public hearing on an application for a conditional-use permit from Evans Logan Energy Storage LLC, setting the hearing for Aug. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Emmons County Courthouse.
The applicant told the commission the project would install modular battery “containers” on piles and operate year-round, and gave a preliminary schedule that would aim for commercial operation in December of next year. "We would be looking to COD... December of next year," an Evans Logan representative said during the meeting. Company representatives also said mobilization would likely begin in March, weather permitting.
The project team described the battery modules as shipping-container-sized units placed on piles over a gravel base; they said the containers have individual bottoms designed to catch any internal leak and that units are monitored 24/7 from a central…
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