CHESAPEAKE, Va, (WAVY) – The Chesapeake Planning Commission voted 7-1 to recommend the application for a battery energy storage system, or BESS, be denied when it goes to City Council next month.
The Mill Stone Energy Center project was the big topic at Wednesday night’s Planning Commission meeting.
Dozens of people showed up to speak about the proposed 150-megawatt BESS that would take up about 30 acres of a 122-acre plot at 1912 Centerville Turnpike South…