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Marion County Commission narrows moratorium language, agrees on one-year term after battery and data center briefing
Summary
After a presentation from a regional electric cooperative, the Marion County Commission agreed on a one-year moratorium framework to allow planning and zoning to draft rules on data centers, battery storage and major renewable projects; staff will refine language and consider targeted exemptions for regulated utilities.
The Marion County Commission agreed on a one-year initial moratorium framework Wednesday to give staff and planning and zoning time to draft rules for data centers, battery energy storage systems and large renewable projects.
The move followed a presentation by Chuck Gakel, general manager of White House Rural Electric Cooperative, and representatives from Flint Hills, who urged the commission to limit the moratorium’s scope so that regulated utilities or small fiber-related facilities would not be unintentionally blocked. Gakel described battery units the cooperative would consider for load management as roughly "the size of a small flat‑bed truck" and urged…
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