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Stella Energy Solutions receives operating permit Stella Energy Solutions received a special-use permit to operate a battery storage facility in League City near Caroline Street and FM 646. What happened 646
Trail project will not move forward League City’s Heritage Signature Trail project will not move forward following a split City Council vote on Dec. 17 due to what members called resident opposition. The gist The trail would have connected a few city parks. Officials did not specify if a modified project might come back for a vote.
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League City City Council on Dec. 17 voted 5-3 to grant Stella Energy a special-use permit to operate a battery energy storage station, or BESS, and rezone 1.7 acres from general commercial to public/semipublic where the facility will be built. What else? In July, City Council adopted an ordinance lay- ing out standards for future BESS facilities. A BESS is a facility of batteries that stores energy and sells it back to the grid when more power is needed to meet demand, Community Impact previously reported. The area needed to be rezoned in order for the facility’s construction to move forward because general commercial zoning does not allow for
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BESS facilities to be built there, city staff said. Officials with Stella said Jan. 10 they expect construction to begin toward the end of January. The facility should be ready after about three or four months pending approvals from the city. Remember this? Following the ordinance’s approval in July, League City City Council also approved a BESS for Peregrine Energy in September, Community Impact previously reported.
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SOURCE: LEAGUE CITY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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