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Supervisors approve battery storage text amendment after planning commission recommendation
Summary
The board approved a battery energy storage systems text amendment recommended by the planning commission and heard board remarks about state regulation; the vote carried by voice. No immediate local restrictions were imposed beyond the ordinance language presented.
The Amelia County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt a battery storage text amendment recommended by its planning commission.
The amendment was presented as a planning-item ordinance and the board approved the measure by voice vote after a brief on-record motion to accept the commission's recommendation. In the post-vote comment period one member expressed frustration that state rules shape local options for solar and battery projects, saying in part that "they're dictating what we do," and noting concern about perceived state preemption of local land-use choices. The board did not rescind or alter the ordinance; it approved the text amendment as posed by planning staff and recommended by the planning commission.
The action was procedural (text amendment adoption) and follows planning commission review; staff did not indicate further locally required steps beyond standard ordinance implementation and indexing.
