Neighbors Erupt Over Giant Battery Farm Planned Across From Morgan Hill School

A Virginia-based energy company wants to park a massive 350-megawatt lithium-ion battery complex on Monterey Road, directly across from the Charter School of Morgan Hill, and the neighborhood is not exactly rolling out the welcome mat. The project, locally dubbed Jewelflower, would cover roughly 40 acres with hundreds of containerized battery units and is targeted for construction in the late 2020s. Parents and school officials have zeroed in on two big worries: air-quality risks and how to evacuate a campus that has only one way in and out. Neighbors say that single access point on Monterey Road is already a weak spot and that construction work could narrow the roadway. Charter School principal Susan Pfefferlen has called the proposal one that raises serious safety and…..

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