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Council members ask DCP for evidence on siting of battery storage near schools
Summary
Several council members pressed DCP on City of Yes zoning changes that expand battery energy storage systems (BESS) into more neighborhoods, asking whether DCP assessed risks of siting lithium-ion storage near schools and residential areas; DCP said oversight rests with FDNY and installation standards, and said it would follow up with technical details.
Council members raised safety and land-use concerns about expansions in allowable locations for battery energy storage systems (BESS) during a hearing on city planning priorities. Members said projects are being proposed near schools and residential neighborhoods and asked whether DCP had analyzed siting risks and how community review would take place.
Council Member Phil Wong said his district had a BESS project proposed adjacent to a school and asked how that occurred. Wong characterized the policy as a…
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