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Lancaster County planning commission clears 200-MW Pawnee Lake battery project despite resident safety and decommissioning concerns
Summary
County planning commissioners approved Special Permit 25045 for a roughly 200-MW battery project on the county's west edge (NW 140th & Holdridge), 7–0, with conditions including Malcolm Fire and Rescue approval of the emergency action plan, screening, drainage easement and a decommissioning surety estimated in the applicant's plan.
The Lancaster County Planning Commission voted 7–0 on Jan. 7 to approve Special Permit 25045 for the Pawnee Lake Resilient Power Project, a battery energy storage facility proposed for the county’s west edge near Northwest 140th Street and West Holdridge Street.
Planning staff summarized the county-jurisdiction application as a roughly 20-acre site with approximately 16 acres devoted to battery enclosures and associated infrastructure. The project would interconnect to a nearby NPPD substation. County staff recommended several conditions including evergreen screening along Northwest 140th at a rate of six trees per 100 linear feet, a drainage easement centered on an on-site channel (120-foot buffer), health department review of…
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