Wawa Municipal Council's tentatively backing a few proposed battery storage projects.
In a special meeting Monday afternoon, a short-handed Council passed resolutions supporting two of the proposed electricity storage projects: a 75 megawatt project to be located on Pinewood Drive, which was presented to Council at their November 18th meeting; and a 40 megawatt battery energy storage project to be located on private property along High Falls Road, across from the dump road - the latter project is from the same proponent behind another battery storage project proposed for Wawa Airport land, which Council backed in their November 18th meeting.
The resolutions - and discussions about them - emphasized that the Independent Electricity System Operator for Ontario would need to approve the applications, and - should that happen - the projects would then have several regulatory and permitting steps required before they could even begin construction.