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Skagit County commissioners deny appeal, affirm hearing examiner on NextEra battery storage project
Summary
The Skagit County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 on June 17 to deny an appeal by Stewards of Skagit and to affirm the hearing examiner’s approval of NextEra Energy’s special use permit for a battery energy storage facility in the Bayview Ridge heavy industrial area.
The Skagit County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 on June 17 to deny a closed‑record appeal by Stewards of Skagit and to affirm the Skagit County hearing examiner’s decision granting a special use permit to NextEra Energy Resources Development LLC for a battery energy storage facility in the Bayview Ridge Heavy Industrial area off Ovenell Road.
The resolution, read into the record by the board, found that on the closed record the board was “unable to conclude that the hearing examiner’s decision was clearly erroneous,” and therefore affirmed the hearing examiner’s findings and conclusions rather than remanding the matter for additional proceedings or adopting new findings.
The appeal concerned special use permit PL20-3408 for parcels cited in the record as part of the Bayview Ridge industrial zone. The county’s draft resolution cited applicable provisions of the Skagit County Code (SCC) regarding…
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