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Residents urge scrutiny of proposed battery storage site near Granbury schools and childcare
Summary
Residents of Pecan Plantation told the Hood County Commissioners Court that a reported 200-megawatt battery energy storage project near Mambrino Highway would be too close to a childcare center and an elementary school, and urged stronger inspection authority for the county fire marshal.
Cindy Highsmith, a Pecan Plantation resident, told the Hood County Commissioners Court on April 22 that she is "concerned" about a reported 200-megawatt battery energy storage project at 2625 Mambrino Highway, which she said is about 0.2 miles from Rainbow's Promise childcare, about 1.2 miles from Mambrino Elementary and roughly 1 mile from Mambrino Baptist Church. "Am I concerned? Yeah," she said, asking the court to give the fire marshal "every tool he needs to inspect these" battery energy storage systems.
Highsmith said she found…
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