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Accomack supervisors approve ordinance to regulate battery storage, add safety, decommissioning and training requirements
Summary
After extended discussion about fire risks, water supply and training for volunteer fire companies, the Accomack County Board of Supervisors voted to approve zoning amendments that place battery energy storage systems in the Industrial I district by conditional use permit and require setbacks, emergency-response plans and remediation financial assurances.
The Accomack County Board of Supervisors voted March 18 to adopt zoning amendments aimed at regulating battery energy storage systems (BESS), adding mandatory safety, siting and financial-assurance measures after supervisors pressed staff about fire risks, water access and coordination with volunteer fire companies.
Lee Grama, deputy county administrator for community and economic development, told the board the ordinance would allow BESS "only by conditional use permit in the Industrial I District" and require a package of studies and agreements, including a site plan, landscape plan, a noise study and an emergency-response plan. Grama said the draft also requires…
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