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Town of Clay adjourns three battery‑storage public hearings to July 20 while code language is finalized
Summary
The Town Board moved and approved by unanimous votes to adjourn three public hearings on battery energy storage projects to July 20 after officials said current Town Code lacks the wording needed to define and regulate BESS.
Deputy Supervisor Joseph Bick opened the June 15 Town Board meeting by telling attendees that the first three public hearings on battery energy storage systems would not be heard because "the wording in the Town Code has not yet been established" to set parameters for such projects.
Councilor Ryan Russell moved to adjourn the public hearings tied to Town Board Case Nos. 1243 (Nexamp/Wetzel Road Storage), 1244 (Nexamp/Long Branch Storage) and 1245 (Carson Power), and Councilor David Capria seconded each motion. Each adjournment passed unanimously, Ayes 5, Noes 0, and the hearings were rescheduled for July 20, 2026 at the times specified in the motions.
The board’s action reflected a broader effort to establish clear local rules for Battery Energy Storage Systems before considering special‑permit or zone‑change requests. Deputy Supervisor Bick said staff and board members need a defined code section to set the parameters and that the adjournments buy time to finalize that language. The public hearing records were held open by formal motion only until the July 20 session.
Next steps: the adjourned hearings will be listed on the July 20 agenda; no substantive testimony on the three projects was taken at the June 15 meeting because the hearings were not heard.
