To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Bryan Weimer, Director, Public Works and Development
Prepared By:
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Molly Orkild-Larson, Principal Planner, Public Works and Development
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presenter
Presenter: Molly Orkild-Larson, Principal Planner, Public Works and Development
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Subject:
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UASI23-001, Lowry Environmental Protection Cleanup Trust Fund Subdivision Filing No. 1 - Use by Special Review/1041
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The applicant, Front Range Energy Storage, LLC, on behalf of the property owner, Lowry Environmental Protection Cleanup Trust Fund, is seeking approval of a Use by Special Review (USR) and 1041 (Areas and Activities of State Interest) application on a 19.10-acre parcel located at the southwest corner of E. Quincy Avenue and S. Harvest Road to build a battery energy storage facility that proposes to be connected to Xcel Energy's Harvest Mile Substation located adjacent and south of the subject property. The facility is to provide Xcel Energy with the ability to balance electric grid services by providing energy reserves, frequency regulation, and renewable energy balancing. The battery system will charge directly from the existing electrical grid (via the electricity provided by connecting to the substation during periods when energy demand is low) and discharge electricity through the same path (through the Harvest Mile Substation and into the grid) when energy demand is high. The goal of the applicant is to enhance the reliability of the electrical grid, improve the state's ability to continue to diversify its energy mix, and help the state meet its objectives for electrical infrastructure modernization.
Approximately 16.5 acres of the 19.10-acre site will be enclosed by a seven-foot-tall chain-link fence and contain battery storage containers and transformers, an on-site project-specific substation, and a detention pond. The portion of the site that isn't fenced contains an existing g...
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