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Planners move solar energy draft toward public hearing; battery storage barred pending separate rules
Summary
Shawnee County planning staff incorporated earlier feedback into a draft solar energy conversion ordinance and the Planning Commission by consensus asked staff to advance the draft to public hearings while leaving battery storage prohibited for now pending possible future rules.
Planning staff presented a revised draft of solar energy conversion regulations and the Planning Commission, by consensus, directed staff to begin public-notice and hearing steps while leaving battery storage prohibited as an appurtenant facility for now.
Planning and Zoning Administrator Harine Perez said she incorporated prior comments into the draft and recommended that battery energy-storage systems be prohibited as an appurtenant facility to solar projects at this time rather than…
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