Key Actions & Decisions

• ◆ Albion’s town board moved toward proposed pauses on wind, commercial solar and battery-storage projects in September, according to draft minutes posted by the Town of Albion in Orleans County. The draft records votes to schedule three public hearings for October 5; it does not establish that any moratorium became law.
• ◆ The hearings concerned Chapters 104, 105 and 106 of the town code: Wind Energy Facilities, Solar Power Farms/Commercial Power Projects and Battery Energy Storage Systems. The four members listed present voted in favor of each hearing. In August, the board had asked members to review the existing energy codes; the September draft describes moving ahead through the local-law process. It does not supply the proposed laws, their duration or any final adoption vote.
• ◆ October 5 has now passed. The September record also says the board moved its regular October meeting from October 12 to October 5 because of the holiday. This is a historical account of what the draft scheduled, rather than a current invitation to attend or confirmation that the hearings took place.