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Franklin Council approves battery energy storage agreement; members ask for workshop on costs and customer impacts
Summary
Council voted to accept a VMEA/Vimma battery energy storage agreement that staff said could save Franklin Power & Light about $426,000 over five years, but several council members urged a workshop to compare owning batteries versus the VMEA contract and to clarify how savings would be passed to customers.
The Franklin City Council voted July 14 to accept a proposed battery energy storage purchase agreement offered through VMEA/Vimma, a measure staff said could reduce Franklin Power & Light’s costs by roughly $426,000 over five years by reducing monthly demand charges.
Zack Wright, director of Power and Light, explained the contract’s operational concept and likened the batteries to the city’s existing peak-shaving generators: “We get charged a demand cost every month on our power bill. . . . adding batteries . . .…
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