[Tweeters] M St in Auburn, 100 MW Battery Facility

[garrettwhaynes at me.com via Tweeters]

Hello Tweets,

I wanted to inform everyone of something I have been expecting for a couple years now. There is a battery storage plant that will be installed in the M St wetland area on the west "dry side" of the property that has the big pond on it. I am hoping there will be as minimal impact to the big pond as possible, but it's certainly going to change that part of the property. I saw some preliminary plans about 2 years ago that did include a "viewing platform" of some kind on the back/east side of the power plant that I was assuming meant it would be open to the public to view from, but I am not sure if that is still in the final plans. We can hope it stayed in!

There will be power lines running from the battery plant to the substation on 37th St NW, but the good news is that they look like they will be ran along the roadside of the property due north, so should have minimal impact on flight lines in and out of the ponds, which is good.

How I know about this is that for a period of time some of us in the Rainier Audubon chapter were working on some preservation plans for this property, but were having a hard time gaining real traction. Then we found out the property was going to have this project and saw the submitted plans. At that point there wasn't much we could do. We also realized that maybe this was a good thing, as once that power plant is there the big pond is pretty much guaranteed to stay as it can't be built on. Plus the battery plant will have minimal traffic disturbance and seems like it will allow people to view the ponds still. So, as much as I would love it to be kept as is, this isn't too bad as far as development goes.

If you want me to share the latest document from the City of Auburn with you let me know.

Garrett Haynes
Auburn, WA

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