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Council opens community conversation about former power plant site; RCEA says energy-storage options still worth exploring
Summary
Blue Lake’s council opened a staged community-engagement effort to examine long-term options for the former power plant site after an RCEA presentation said energy-storage development remains plausible but faces new interconnection, timing and funding constraints.
The Blue Lake City Council agreed to begin a structured community-engagement process to explore future uses of the former power plant site after a presentation by the Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA).
Beth Burks, RCEA executive director, told council the 2023 MOU with Blue Lake was written to explore development of energy storage on a portion of the site and laid out two potential paths: (1) a joint solicitation to select a private developer with the city as site host and RCEA as purchaser of…
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