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Town schedules April open house and May NYSERDA briefing on battery storage

Town of Claverack Town Board · April 9, 2026
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Summary

The Town of Claverack will hold a Comprehensive Plan open house on April 18 and a NYSERDA Battery Energy Storage Systems informational meeting May 7; town planners said the sessions will inform zoning decisions for potential battery projects.

Stephen King announced that the town will hold a Comprehensive Plan open house on Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to gather public input on the plan update. He said the planning process is scheduling a separate, technical briefing with NYSERDA to discuss Battery Energy Storage Systems on May 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Library Community Room, limited to town-board groups for Q&A.

Katy Cashen told the board that NYSERDA representatives are impartial technical presenters who will outline the pros and cons of battery energy storage and that the information will be important when the town updates its zoning and the comprehensive plan. The meetings are intended to inform where projects of this type might be permitted under future local rules.

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