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Residents urge North Bend to join Snoqualmie in seeking EIS and coordinated valley review of proposed large battery facility
Summary
Multiple residents and a planning commissioner urged the council to coordinate with Snoqualmie and King County to require an environmental impact statement and independent review for the proposed Cascadia Ridge/Jupiter Power battery storage project, citing public-safety and watershed contamination risks in the constrained Snoqualmie Valley.
Several North Bend residents and a planning commissioner used the April 7 public‑comment period to urge the City Council to coordinate with neighboring Snoqualmie and King County and to seek a full environmental impact statement for a proposed industrial‑scale battery storage facility sited in the Snoqualmie Valley.
Danielle Wallace, speaking for the Snoqualmie Valley for Responsible Energy, described the Cascadia Ridge project as “industrial scale energy infrastructure—45 acres of batteries, over 100 megawatts of power—placed in constrained valley terrain”…
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