Montana County Debates Battery Storage Facility Installation
Butte-Silver Bow officials are considering construction of a five-acre utility-scale battery energy storage facility on an open 200-acre plot of land which could help to fill energy gaps. But many residents are opposed.
May 19, 2021 • (TNS) The Butte-Silver Bow, Mont., Zoning Board is expected to decide Thursday whether a five-acre utility-scale battery energy storage facility can be located next to a NorthWestern Energy substation in an otherwise open tract of 200 acres south of town.
County officials have never dealt with a battery grid project and there has been a major development since the board held a public hearing on it last month. But one thing hasn t changed: Dozens of residents in south Butte are vehemently opposed to it.
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