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Residents urge moratorium on battery storage projects and request ordinance pause; commissioners hear court and procedural concerns
Summary
During public comment March 3, residents and advocates asked Skagit County commissioners to halt permitting of lithium battery energy storage systems pending an ordinance, raised safety and environmental concerns about BESS installations, and urged the county to review attorney communications and funding ties to courts.
Several residents and local advocates used the county’s March 3 public comment period to urge commissioners to pause or prohibit permitting of lithium battery energy storage systems (BESS) and to raise broader constitutional and procedural concerns.
Alcacilar McCartney of Anacortes urged the commission to "completely stop, and at the very least support a moratorium on lithium battery energy storage systems anywhere in this county," calling such installations "unmanned, toxic, flammable boxes" and arguing they are not the right response to climate change for the county’s agricultural region.
Ingrid Hinton of Mount Vernon, speaking for Stewards of…
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