One of the country’s largest battery energy storage sites is about to be built on Staten Island. It’s part of New York’s push for renewable energy.
But families there say by the time they learned of the plan, it was already a done deal.
CBS News New York Investigates’ Mahsa Saeidi looked into the potential risks the sites could pose, and the state’s response to previous incidents.
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How the site would work
The state approved a plan to convert the land into one of the nation’s largest battery energy storage systems. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants New York to get the majority of its energy, from clean sources like solar, by 2030…