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Public urges caution on battery storage and artificial turf; caller asks about cannabis siting
Summary
Pinelands Alliance urged careful siting of battery energy storage and raised concerns about artificial turf hidden in large funding packages; a Waterford Township caller asked how cannabis facilities are treated in agricultural districts and Director Chuck Horner said cannabis-growing is generally treated as an agricultural crop under Commission regulations.
Pinelands Alliance and individual callers used the general public comment period to press the Commission on a set of land-use issues connected to renewable energy, artificial turf and cannabis siting.
Peggy Ye of the Pinelands Alliance said the Commission should examine where battery energy storage systems are appropriate, noting storage can help levelize intermittent solar and wind output but must be sited and connected to the grid in ways that avoid stranded generation. Ye also thanked the…
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