Labette County commissioners are close to an agreement with a company that wants to develop a battery energy storage system on Wallace Road near the Evergy Neosho Substation. Ben Weisel, senior director of development services for Plus Power, spoke with commissioners Monday about the company’s plans to build the battery storage facility south and east of Service Valley Charter Academy. The storage facility would be on the south side of the Evergy substation and start about 1,300 feet east of Wallace Road. The battery storage structures may be about 14 feet tall and will sit on a concrete platform. Weisel said the facility will store electricity in the batteries and release it as needed, sharing up to 300 megawatts, or 600 megawatt hours, of electricity with the Southwest Power Pool.
Source: Parsons Sun
