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Commission discusses battery-storage regulation planning and possible field trip to storage site
Summary
Commissioners discussed battery energy storage and agreed staff would draft potential local regulations; members also asked about coordinating a field trip to a battery-storage facility in a neighboring county to gather information.
Commissioners raised battery energy storage as a new-business topic and discussed recent regional activity. Staff said they plan to prepare draft regulations regarding battery energy storage for the commission’s review and noted nearby counties have advanced regulations or field trips to facilities that the commission could learn from.
One commissioner asked whether the commission had ever joined another county’s field trip; staff said not to their knowledge but offered to inquire about attending a Sussex or New Kent site visit. Commissioners generally supported gathering information before drafting rules and asked staff to assemble materials and, if possible, secure an invitation to a neighboring county’s site visit.
What’s next: staff will prepare draft information and consider scheduling a field trip or inviting another county’s representative to brief the commission at a future meeting.
