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Board approves Ranger Energy Center battery storage with fence, vegetation stipulations
Summary
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved a military‑compatibility permit for Ranger Energy Center, a proposed lithium iron phosphate battery storage facility, adding stipulations including an 8‑foot privacy‑slatted fence and on‑site desert vegetation salvage for screening after neighbors raised safety and aesthetic concerns.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Nov. 19 to approve a military‑compatibility permit and plan of development for the Ranger Energy Center, a battery energy storage system proposed on a 33.7‑acre parcel near Happy Valley Road and 199th Avenue in the Surprise area.
Tom Ellsworth, director of planning and development, told the board the site is inside the military airport overlay district and the Luke Air Force Base has issued a use‑compatibility and consistency determination. The planned facility would occupy about 8.5 acres; Ellsworth said the proposed cabinets would be set back at least 100 feet from the property boundaries and at least 500 feet from the nearest homes and that permitting will also require approvals from the Arizona…
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