[Massplanners] Pointers to MA towns with approved battery storage bylaws

[Eric Twarog]

Greenfield is interested as well, thank you.

Eric

On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM Bill Nemser via MassPlanners <
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> Maynard is interested as well!
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> Bill Nemser, AICP, LEED AP
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> *From:* MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> *On Behalf Of *Brant
> Cheikes via MassPlanners
> *Sent:* Friday, January 17, 2025 3:29 PM
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> *Subject:* [Massplanners] Pointers to MA towns with approved battery
> storage bylaws
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> Greetings, planners:
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> I’m serving on a town study committee which is investigating how we might
> appropriately regulate siting & operational management of utility-scale
> battery energy storage systems (ESS), without running afoul of existing
> zoning exemptions.
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> We’re looking for model bylaws to consider using as a template. We are
> aware of ESS zoning bylaws that were approved by Medway and Sunderland and
> also approved by the AGO. Are there any others?
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> Feel free to email me directly and I’ll summarize back to the list in a
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> Cheers,
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> /Brant
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City of Greenfield
Department of Planning & Development
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