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Planning commission backs new rules for battery energy storage, recommends special permits in agricultural zones
Summary
The Lincoln-Lancaster Planning Commission on June 11 recommended a change to the municipal code defining battery energy storage systems as a new land use and approved safety and siting conditions that will require special permits in agricultural zones and conditional approvals in select commercial and industrial districts.
The Lincoln-Lancaster Planning Commission on June 11 voted 6-0 to recommend a change to the Lincoln Municipal Code establishing “battery energy storage systems” as a regulated land use with safety and siting conditions.
The commission approved the planning department's alternative text that would allow battery energy storage systems (BES) only by special permit in AG (agricultural) zoning and as a conditional use in specified highway and industrial districts, and would require an emergency action plan and safety data to be submitted to the health and fire departments.
Why it matters: Battery storage installations are increasingly proposed across Nebraska as utilities and developers add grid-scale batteries to store and dispatch electricity. Local rules that define where and how they can be built determine whether projects are screened through public…
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