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Planning Commission reviews Harwood Power battery storage plan, asks for stronger water and hazard safeguards
Summary
Developers of a proposed 12‑acre Harwood Power battery energy storage facility described safety features and NFPA 855 compliance; neighbors raised notice and safety concerns. The commission voted to defer final action while staff and the applicant refine water‑supply and hazard‑mitigation conditions.
The King George County Planning Commission on its October meeting heard a public hearing on a special‑exception application from Clyde Unlimited Partnership and Harwood Power LLC to site a battery energy storage facility on roughly 12 acres near Route 301 and Washington Mill Road. Planning staff said the property is in a larger industrially zoned parcel inside the Claydale settlement area and that draft permit conditions — including a preliminary decommissioning plan and fire‑rescue coordination — were provided in the packet.
Open Road Renewables’ Cyrus Tashkori, who led the applicant presentation, said the facility would contain roughly 10‑foot‑tall battery containers and be monitored 24/7 remotely. He described the project as a grid reliability asset in the PJM footprint, cited spacing, firewalls, perimeter fencing, and an emergency plan, and said the design is intended to limit fire propagation and allow first responders to manage incidents while…
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