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Carson Power offers setback flexibility, hazard analysis option for proposed Grand Island battery-storage law

Grand Island Town Board · May 5, 2026
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A representative from Carson Power urged the town to adopt a modest baseline setback (e.g., 50 ft) while allowing the town to require larger setbacks based on a third‑party hazard‑mitigation analysis; the company said it is interested in projects on Grand Island properties including the water‑tower parcel.

A representative of Carson Power briefed the board on recommended edits to the draft battery‑storage law intended to preserve local siting flexibility.

Andrew Gordon, vice president at Carson Power (speaker 9), said the company supports a lower baseline setback (he referenced 50 feet as an example) but recommended that the town…

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