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Southampton Presents Latest, and Hopefully Final, Draft of New BESS Codes as Moratorium Expiration Looms Again

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The BESS system in East Hampton, in the green building, has a 5 mw storage capacity, which would be the largest such system allowed in Southampton Town under the latest version of the town's new laws regulating the installation of BESS facilities.

The BESS system in East Hampton, in the green building, has a 5 mw storage capacity, which would be the largest such system allowed in Southampton Town under the latest version of the town's new laws regulating the installation of BESS facilities.

Southampton Town Planning & Development Administrator Janice Scherer. DANA SHAW

Southampton Town Planning & Development Administrator Janice Scherer. DANA SHAW

Joseph P. Shaw on May 7, 2025
The Southampton Town Board this week introduced the latest version — the fourth — of its battery energy storage systems code that board members said will be one of the... more

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