North Frontenac Township to Decide on Battery Energy Storage Project
North Frontenac Township is set to vote on a proposal for a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project, which would involve a 140-megawatt battery array on 44 acres of township-owned land near an existing waste site, with the goal of generating lease and community benefit revenue for the township. The project, spearheaded by Alectra Energies in partnership with the township, has garnered significant public concern over its potential environmental impacts and effects on property values and insurance costs, despite promises from officials that the monitored waste site would be subject to enhanced monitoring and the benefits of the project would outweigh any drawbacks.
