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Snoqualmie residents press council to pause proposed battery storage project; council schedules special meeting
Summary
Residents raised safety, land‑use and transparency concerns about a proposed utility‑scale battery energy storage project near the Mount Sai Substation. The council debated but rejected a formal request for a full environmental-impact study and instead scheduled a special roundtable with an executive session to continue work.
Dozens of Snoqualmie residents urged the City Council on April 13 to pause permitting and urge stronger environmental review of a proposed utility‑scale battery energy storage project near the Mount Sai Substation.
The public comment period drew repeated pleas for a moratorium or postponement on siting decisions. ‘‘Call a special meeting. Bring forward a temporary moratorium on [battery energy storage systems] within the city and its point of interconnection to the Mount Sai Substation because of our safety, land use, and regulation concerns,’’ said Danielle Wallace, a Snoqualmie resident who described reviewing county and developer filings.
Speakers described safety and emergency‑response worries, potential…
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