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Commissioners table new electrical‑substation definition pending review of battery‑storage language
Summary
A revised definition of 'electrical substation' distributed the day of the meeting prompted concerns that it may exclude battery energy storage systems; commissioners asked staff to collect examples and state-code comparisons and deferred action to next month.
Planning staff circulated a revised definition of "electrical substation" earlier the same day, and the commission discussed whether the language tracks state code and how it treats battery energy storage systems when sited with solar.
The draft definition would describe substations and associated control buildings and would "generally exclude battery energy…
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