OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI — Oshtemo Township could receive almost $2 million if a Battery Energy Storage System facility is built within the township’s borders.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy gives municipalities $5,000 per megawatt if a company works within a township ordinance to build a BESS, said Jodi Stefforia, the township’s planning director.
NewEdge Renewable Power approached the township in August 2025 about building a 260-megawatt BESS on land it leases at West M Avenue and South Van Kral Street…