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Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine (right) with Suffolk County Legislator Anthony Piccirillo (left) at the July 28 press conference. |. County Executive Ed Romaine photo
East Hampton Energy Recent

After Romaine Demands Closure of East Hampton BESS, East Hampton Demands Changes to Its Operations

Beth Young
Hot on the heels of Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine's demand that a Battery Energy Storage System in Wainscott be closed after nearby wells were found to be contaminated, East Hampton Town is also making a series of demands of the owners of the BESS. The facility, on Cove Hollow Road in Wainscott, was the site of a May 2023 fire, and the perfluorinated compound PFPrA, often the product of
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A 5 MW Battery Energy Storage System has been proposed on Pulaski Street in Riverhead.
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Riverhead Casts Wary Eye on Pulaski Street Battery Storage

Beth Young
The Riverhead Town Board is apprehensive of a special permit request for a 5MW/20MWh Battery Energy Storage System on the corner of J.T. Boulevard and Pulaski Street, in an area near many modest homes. Pictured Above: A 5 MW Battery Energy Storage System has been proposed on Pulaski Street in Riverhead. The project, proposed by Boston-based Pulaski Street Storage LLC, would be at 1281 Pulaski Street, adjacent to Riverhead Town
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Sunrise Wind Can Resume Work After Court Ruling

Beth Young
A federal judge has allowed offshore work to resume at Sunrise Wind's offshore wind farm about 30 miles off the coast of Montauk, the fifth of five projects allowed to continue work by the courts after they were blocked by the Trump administration in December. The U.S. Department of the Interior had said Dec. 22, 2025 that it was “pausing” offshore leases for five offshore wind projects, including Sunrise Wind,
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Riverhead Plans Hearings in February on Two BESS Applications

Beth Young
Two public hearings on proposed Battery Energy Storage Systems(BESS) in Calverton are slated for the Riverhead Town Board's Feb. 18 meeting. The projects, both of which are large enough to fall under Riverhead's classification of "Type II," utility-scale battery systems include a 5 MW/20KWh system proposed at 221 Scott Avenue in the center of EPCAL and a 1 MWh system at the entrance to the Hampton Jitney's bus terminal on
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Energy Recent

Wind Farms Challenge Federal Stop on Offshore Work

Beth Young
The developers of the Revolution Wind wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Empire Wind off the coast of Long Beach, Long Island, have filed complaints challenging the federal government's Dec. 22 order suspending leases for wind farms in federal waters of the East Coast. Pictured Above: Wind turbine parts in New London, Conn. awaiting delivery to Ørsted's South Fork Wind, which has been providing power to the
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The new solar array atop the capped North Sea Landfill.
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A Solar Milestone, As Future Projects Are Questioned

Beth Young
Southampton Town’s new 11,000-panel solar array atop the capped North Sea Landfill is a recent milestone in the reuse of former dumping sites on the East End, and its ribbon-cutting this spring caps an era of growing acceptance of solar arrays to power Long Island’s electric grid. Pictured Above: The new solar array atop the capped North Sea Landfill. Other projects on the East End are currently going through planning
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Southampton Celebrates Completion of Solar Array Atop North Sea Landfill

Beth Young
The long-anticipated solar array atop Southampton Town's landfill in North Sea is now complete. The 11,000-panel array is atop portions of the former Majors Path landfill, and is expected to produce 8.6 million kilowatts per year, enough to power more than 700 households. Over the course of a 20-year lease, the project is anticipated to provide $1.65 million in revenue for the Town, along with energy credits that will reduce
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The proposed site of the Canal BESS project, which led Southampton Town to enact a moratorium on battery storage systems in 2023.
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In Midst of Hearings, Southampton Mulls Extending BESS Moratorium

Beth Young
Southampton Town's year-and-a-half long moratorium on consideration of new Battery Energy Storage Systems expired on Feb. 13, and as the Town Board holds hearings on an overhaul of its BESS code this month, there will be another public hearing at its next meeting on Feb. 25 on extending the moratorium for three months. Pictured Above: The proposed site of the Canal BESS project, which led Southampton Town to enact a
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The proposed site of the Canal BESS project, which led Southampton Town to enact a moratorium on battery storage systems in 2023.
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Southampton To Hold Public Hearing on BESS Code Changes

Beth Young
The Southampton Town Board has scheduled a public hearing for Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. on major changes to its town codes regarding Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), after massive public backlash last year against a proposed 100 megawatt BESS project proposed not far from the Shinnecock Canal in Hampton Bays. The board has scheduled the public hearing just in advance of the expected end of a moratorium on consideration
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LIPA Approves Battery Storage at Site of Shuttered Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant

Beth Young
The Long Island Power Authority approved two utility-scale battery energy storage contracts on Wednesday, Dec. 18 — a 50-megawatt project on LIPA's property that had formerly been slated to become the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, and a 79-megawatt facility on Rabro Drive in Hauppauge. Pictured Above: The Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant, which never began commercial operation, is on a site still owned by the Long Island Power Authority, which is contracting with Key
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The proposed site of the Canal BESS project, which led Southampton Town to enact a moratorium on battery storage systems in 2023.
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New Battery Energy Storage Rules Pitched in Southampton

Beth Young
Southampton Town’s steering committee examining the best ways to manage siting of Battery Energy Storage Systems throughout town recommends none of these systems be placed in residential areas, and wants to cap the size of stand-alone systems at 5 megawatts and systems tied to a solar array at 20 megawatts. Pictured Above: The proposed site of the Canal BESS project, which led Southampton Town to enact a moratorium on battery
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