The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee today recommended approval of a zoning amendment to facilitate the establishment of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility and associated private utilities south of the Trail Waste Facility Landfill. BESS are an emerging battery technology that can help make the electricity system more reliable by drawing and storing energy from the grid during off-peak hours, when demand is low, and discharging it back to the grid when

On Thursday (Oct. 2), the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee voted in favour of the staff recommendation to provide a Municipal...