Staff recommends co-location standards and undergrounding electrical collection lines where practical
Staff proposed co-location standards for BESS with solar—placing battery systems interior to solar arrays, sharing roads/infrastructure, combined screening—and recommended undergrounding collection and communications lines 'to the maximum extent practical,' with overhead lines required to meet APLIC guidance.
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Staff presented a new draft section addressing co-location of solar and battery storage systems that encourages placing battery energy storage interior to arrays, sharing access roads and utilities to reduce visual clutter, and using combined screening and landscape plans to mitigate combined impacts.
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