05.02.2024 Environment BESS Task Force issues draft recommendations After 13 months of research and interviews, the BESS Task Force has submitted draft recommendations for regulating Battery Energy Storage Systems to the Southold Town Board. BESS facilities store...
03.29.2024 Government Southold extends BESS moratorium The Southold Town Board voted Tuesday evening to extend its widely-supported moratorium on battery energy storage systems, commonly know as BESS, for an additional year. The board previously approved...
07.24.2023 Environment Town’s BESS task force holds first meeting Southold Town’s recently formed Battery Energy Storage System task force, which will help guide the town’s renewable energy future, held its inaugural meeting Monday afternoon at Town Hall. During...