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TregoGrid proposes 25-acre battery storage facility near Talus Valley; annexation and CUP advance to Planning Commission
Summary
The Ward 3 advisory board heard a presentation from Wood Rogers and TregoGrid on a proposed battery energy storage facility to be sited adjacent to Mira Loma substation. The project would annex a 53.5-acre parcel and use roughly 25 acres for unmanned Tesla battery units; reviewers asked about fire safety, noise, wildfire risk and annexation timing.
TregoGrid representatives and applicant consultant Eric Hasty told the Ward 3 Neighborhood Advisory Board on Jan. 6 that they seek annexation of a 53.5-acre parcel and a conditional use permit to build a battery energy storage facility using about 25.5 acres adjacent to Talus Valley and the Mira Loma substation.
The project would change the parcel’s zoning upon annexation and place battery “megapacks” near an existing substation to charge during low-demand periods and discharge during peaks to stabilize the regional grid. Hasty said the installation would be unmanned and tied to the substation’s existing lines; the company is working with NV Energy under an agreement identified in the presentation.
Why it matters: the facility is intended to improve grid resiliency for South Reno and the greater Northern Nevada transmission network without building a new generating plant, proponents said. Opponents and neighbors raised…
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