Berkshire Storage Project

Berkshire, Tioga County · Catskill Grid Partners · Docket 24-00341

StoragePublic CommentUnder ReviewLocal <25MW

An 18 MW / 72 MWh lithium-iron-phosphate storage facility on a nine-acre parcel beside an existing National Grid substation. Opposition is organised almost entirely around the 2023 Chaumont battery fire.

Developer

Catskill Grid Partners

Location

Berkshire, Tioga County

Capacity

18 MW / 72 MWh

Docket

24-00341

Next milestone

Jun 3, 2025

69High

Risk score

Opposition intensity 74/100 across 4 tracked actors and 6 filed documents.

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Permitting Timeline(6 milestones)Every recorded procedural event on this docket, with the actor responsible and whether the outcome helped or hurt the project.Every recorded procedural event on this docket, with the actor responsible and whether the outcome helped or hurt the project.

1 adverse event

Sep 3, 2024Special use permit application filedProcedural
Catskill Grid Partners
Nine-acre site adjacent to the Berkshire substation; interconnection queue position secured in 2023.
Oct 21, 2024Battery fire narrative seeded locallyAdverse
Tioga County Safety Watch
47 posts in three weeks referencing Chaumont and East Hampton; 12 reached over 5,000 impressions.
Nov 19, 2024Fire district requests third-party reviewProcedural
Berkshire Volunteer Fire Department
Chief asked for an independent hazard mitigation analysis and a written emergency response plan.
Jan 28, 2025NFPA 855 compliance package submittedFavourable
Catskill Grid Partners
UL 9540A test data, 100 ft unit spacing, and a funded 24-hour responder training program.
Mar 11, 2025Proposed 12-month storage moratorium tabledFavourable
Berkshire Town Board
Motion failed 3–2 after the fire chief testified that the mitigation plan met his conditions.
Jun 3, 2025Public hearing scheduledUpcoming
Berkshire Planning Board
SEQR determination expected the same evening; opposition has advertised a bus from Owego.

Full docket historyFiled Sep 3, 2024 · no decision yet

Opposition at this Project(23 appearances)Organizations and individuals recorded in hearing minutes, filings, and monitored channels for this docket.Organizations and individuals recorded in hearing minutes, filings, and monitored channels for this docket.

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Arguments Deployed(89 statements)Every recorded public statement on this docket, classified into the platform's argument taxonomy.Every recorded public statement on this docket, classified into the platform's argument taxonomy.

89Statements

Dominant framing

Fire / Battery Safety accounts for 49% of statements on this docket — hover a category for the counter-framing note.

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Documents & Filings(6)Source documents ingested for this project: ORES and local board filings, adopted local laws, hearing minutes, studies, and press coverage.Source documents ingested for this project: ORES and local board filings, adopted local laws, hearing minutes, studies, and press coverage.

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Recommended Counter-Measures(3)Interventions ranked by expected impact on this specific decision point, drawn from the counter-measures playbook.Interventions ranked by expected impact on this specific decision point, drawn from the counter-measures playbook.

Pillar 3

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