The Riverhead Town Board is poised to make changes to the town code to respond to an expected increase in the number of “battery energy storage” units being proposed within the town.
Town planner Matt Charters said the planning department has received two formal proposals so far, although both were rejected. He said in April that the town had received many inquiries about such systems.
Board members discussed potential town code changes at last Thursday’s work session. The current code does not address battery energy storage systems.
Battery energy storage systems involve a single cell or group of cells connected electrically in a series, in parallel, or a combination or both, which can charge, discharge and store energy…