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Council holds battery energy storage zoning bill after state‑preemption concerns
Summary
Bill 9‑26, which would add battery energy storage systems as a land‑use category, was held until April 6 after the supervising county attorney raised concerns that state law preempts local regulation of front‑of‑the‑meter projects.
The council opened a public hearing on Bill 9‑26 on March 19 to add zoning rules for battery energy storage systems as conditional uses. Sponsors described the bill as a measured way to introduce new land‑use language for battery systems and proposed an amendment to clarify that the bill targets "front‑of‑the‑meter" utility‑scale systems and to make those a special…
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