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ZBA hears first proposed battery storage project for Cheektowaga and tables use-variance for more review
Summary
AC Power and counsel presented a proposed battery energy storage facility at 3695 Broadway and described agency outreach and safety work. The Zoning Board of Appeals tabled the use-variance request until the January meeting to allow the board to review additional materials and for follow-up meetings with fire officials.
Cheektowaga — The Zoning Board of Appeals on Dec. 17 heard a presentation on a proposed privatized battery energy storage facility at 3695 Broadway but voted to table the developer’s request for a use variance until the board’s January meeting.
Project attorney Peter Sorgi told the board the company seeks a use variance because battery storage is not defined or permitted in the town’s M‑1 Light Manufacturing district. "This is a battery energy storage systems project, the first one in the town," Sorgi said, adding the application is the procedural step that would allow later site‑plan review.
Gina Wolfman, senior director of…
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