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<p class="ydp53b66de9msonormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background: white; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; outline: none !important;"><span style="outline: none !important"><span style="color:black">The Town of Carver is bringing a BESS (Battery Energy
Storage System) Article to Town Meeting using the “BESS” Practices of <b>Medway</b> tweaked by the</span> </span>Solar
and Battery Storage Moratoria Study Committee. The Solar moratorium passed on a
citizen petition at a briefly packed Town Meeting was eventually not approved
by the AG. </p>
<p class="ydp53b66de9msonormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background: white;">Although it says <i style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color:#FF0066">Cranberry Land USA</span></i> on the business cards in
addition to hosting some twenty large scale solar projects (LSGMSPI) Carver also hosts the
second largest electrical substation in the Commonwealth, after Medway’s flex. In
2019 the Carver Planning Board approved a 150 MW Battery Storage facility
immediately adjacent to the aforementioned 2<sup style="color: black; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">nd</sup> place substation. <span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span>I understand that it costs about $3 million a
mile to run lines to connect a facility with a capacity greater than 1MWh.</p>
<p class="ydp53b66de9msonormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background: white;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;mso-fareast-language:HI;mso-bidi-language:HI">In Carver they
added an additional Tier (that middle child shown below). </span></p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in;">2. A battery energy storage system that is subject to this bylaw is classified as a Tier
1, Tier 2 or <b><span style="color:#0070C0">Tier
3</span></b> Battery Energy Storage System as follows:</p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span> </span>a) Tier 1 Battery Energy Storage Systems have
an aggregate energy capacity less than 0.5MWh and, if in a room or enclosed area, consist
of only a single energy storage system technology.</p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="color:#0070C0"><span> </span>b)
Tier 2 Battery Energy Storage Systems have an aggregate energy capacity equal to or greater than 0.5 MWh but less than 1MWH or are comprised
of more than one storage battery technology in a room or enclosed area.</span></b></p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in;">c) <b><span style="color:#0070C0">Tier 3 Battery Energy Storage Systems have
an aggregate energy capacity greater than 1MWh or are comprised of more than
one storage battery technology in a room or enclosed area.</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp53b66de9msonormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; background: white;">I also spoke to some folks at <a href="https://www.epri.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.epri.com/</a>
<span> </span>an independent non-profit energy
research, development, and deployment organization founded in 1972 that my
daughter referred me to. Some of you may know that my daughter is a ChemE working
in the sustainable energy biz who doesn’t outwardly mind speaking to dinosaurs
like me about trying to eliminate fossil fuels. </p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> Links to some of the Carver info below.</p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.carverma.gov/planning-board/news/zoning-law-hearings-2023" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.carverma.gov/planning-board/news/zoning-law-hearings-2023</a></p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.carverma.gov/home/solarbattery-storage-moratorium-study-committee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.carverma.gov/home/solarbattery-storage-moratorium-study-committee</a></p><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Following the Planning Board hearings recommending the new BESS bylaw I
thanked our good friends in Medway sending them an edible arrangement.<br></div>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1yiv4452514575msonormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1D2228">It’s was under $50 and no tax dollar were used, the card reads:</span></p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1yiv4452514575msonormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; background: white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1D2228">On
behalf of a grateful Cranberry Land USA. Thanks for leading the charge on our
best BESS effort in particular the part where there was no charge.</span></p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1yiv4452514575msonormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; background: white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1D2228">Peace
and Love,</span></p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1yiv4452514575msonormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; background: white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1D2228">TBott</span></p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> For those inquiring minds the arrangement was from Edible Arrangements,
not from Capeway Cannabis.</p>
<p class="ydpf81a5cb1MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">I do my BESS to give props (do they still say “props?”) <span> to </span>them whose tides lifts all our boats.</p>
<div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">TBott </div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><br></div>
<div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: new times, serif;">Thomas Bott Carver <span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">StegoPlanner<br></span></span></span></div></div><div class="ydp881373f4signature" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><br></div><div><i id="ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53159" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font id="ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53160" color="#4c76a2">You too could follow me on Twitter @TBottPlimoth but it clearly isn’t necessary</font></i></div></div></div></div>
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We are considering such as well and have found Medway's info to be very helpful - <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.townofmedway.org/planning-economic-development-board">https://www.townofmedway.org/planning-economic-development-board</a></div>
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<p class="yiv3608582484x_MsoNormal">The Whately Planning Board is contemplating revisions to our solar and aquifer-protection bylaws intended to address battery energy storage systems (BESS) and the hazards they may pose to public health and safety due to fires, floods,
etc. We are considering regulating BESS either as components of utility-scale “solar plus storage” facilities or as standalone facilities.</p>
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<p class="yiv3608582484x_MsoNormal">We are seeking information and advice from any communities that have incorporated BESS into their zoning bylaws. In particular we would like to know:</p>
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<ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in;"><li style="margin-left:0in;" class="yiv3608582484x_MsoListParagraph">How have you defined BESS for the purposes of zoning regulations?</li><li style="margin-left:0in;" class="yiv3608582484x_MsoListParagraph">What sorts of limits have you placed on BESS either as components of solar generating facilities or as standalone facilities?</li><li style="margin-left:0in;" class="yiv3608582484x_MsoListParagraph">How have you addressed the risks that large-scale battery systems might pose to abutters, water supplies, etc.?</li></ul>
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