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From the beginning of our application to the Town of Ulster, Terra-Gen has been engaging with the public in good faith to provide education and address community concerns. Terra-Gen supports the Town Board issuing a positive declaration under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). Terra-Gen is confident that a comprehensive, scientific review process will fully support that a battery energy storage system (BESS) can be built and operated safely, with absolutely no health impacts on the community. We look forward to working together with

KINGSTON, NY: Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha and Senator Michelle Hinchey, who represent the Town of Ulster, the Town of Hurley, and the City of Kingston, provide the following comment and answers to some of the commonly asked questions regarding the proposed 250MW Terra-Gen energy storage project. “It’s increasingly common for the fossil fuel industry to use isolated, unrelated incidents to evoke people’s worst fears about energy storage projects,” said Shrestha. “Our office has received a lot of questions in the past several months about the proposed 250MW project in

Draft Code Language Includes Changes to Improve Coordination and Emergency Preparedness Will Advance Safe and Reliable Growth of Battery Storage Capacity, a Critical Component to the Clean Energy Transition Working Group Was Created To Enhance Safety Standards for Battery Energy Storage Systems Governor Kathy Hochul today announced updates to the New York Fire Code that contains draft code language to address the recommendations from the Governor’s Interagency Fire Safety Working Group. The draft code language includes updates and additions to improve coordination, safety and emergency

NEW YORK, July 28, 2025 — Today, leading fire safety officials and experts from across New York released a joint Fire Safety Declaration applauding the New York State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council for adopting updated fire safety regulations for battery energy storage systems (BESS). The new regulations, adopted as part of the Code Council’s July 25 vote to amend the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, build on New York’s already strong foundation and are now among the most stringent

Six former New York City fire safety officials and experts have issued a joint declaration affirming the safety of battery energy storage systems under New York state’s newly updated regulations, which they describe as “among the most stringent in the country.” Read More