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Board approves 150 MW Dodge Flat battery storage project with code variances
Summary
The Washoe County Board of Adjustment approved special‑use permit WSUP25‑0024 to site a 150 MW (4‑hour, 600 MWh) battery energy storage system adjacent to Dodge Flat Solar Energy Center, permitting ~8.1 acres of permanent disturbance and waiving certain parking and landscaping standards; staff reported no public comments.
The Washoe County Board of Adjustment on Jan. 5 unanimously approved WSUP25‑0024, a special‑use permit for a 150‑megawatt, four‑hour battery energy storage system to be located adjacent to the existing Dodge Flat Solar Energy Center in the Truckee Canyon planning area.
Senior planner Courtney Wyke summarized the application and staff analysis, saying the facility would sit on four parcels covering roughly 1,400 acres, but that the developed portion of the project would occupy about 13 acres. Wyke said the proposal would result in approximately 8.1 acres of permanent disturbance and 17.9 acres of temporary…
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