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Committee split on battery storage/microgrid project as council prepares decision
Summary
Staff updated the committee on rising costs, code and NEPA review implications for a battery-storage/microgrid project at the police station; members were divided on whether the committee should lobby the Common Council ahead of a January decision.
The committee spent a substantial portion of the meeting on the city’s battery storage project, originally conceived as a microgrid to increase resilience at the police station. Christie Kelly, sustainability staff, summarized technical and regulatory hurdles: evolving fire-suppression and code requirements, rising component costs, and the need for additional council funding (Kelly referenced an additional amount of roughly $41,000 as a previously…
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