In a situation similar to what Granby faced this summer, New Milford residents are balking at a proposed 140 megawatt battery energy storage farm less than 2 miles from the center of their town. Homeowners have created New Milford Guardians Against Flatiron to organize opposition, with many warning that a fire at the lithium battery facility could be a serious hazard to firefighters and neighbors as well as environmentally dangerous for the town. With two important public meetings on the topic coming in January, local environmentalists two weeks ago launched an online petition drive to stop the project. “This project plans to bulldoze roughly 10 acres of our precious land to make room for what they call progress — a term that, in this context, seems to equate to environmental degradation,” the petition on change.org states.
CT town balks at proposal for 10-acre battery energy storage farm
