About one-fifth of the 101 towns and villages in the Adirondack Park have passed moratoriums this year on building battery energy storage systems, and now bans are coming, according to local laws filed with the New York Department of State.
The towns of Fort Ann, Washington County; Gloversville, Fulton County; and Forestport, Oneida County, which are all partially within the Adirondack Park, have banned battery systems.
In Essex County, the town of St. Armand’s board had passed a ban this summer, but failed to evaluate the local law through the State Environmental Quality Review Act. Supervisor Davina Thurston said the Town Board is going through that process now and plans to pass the ban again…