During the committee’s October 5 virtual meeting, Chair Lindsay Audin proposed leasing two small plots at the village’s Pumphouse Road water facility to a commercial BESS developer. A 2-4 MW system could generate roughly $100,000 a year under a 25-ye…

“BESS occupy little space, may be placed anywhere, and sit on pads high enough to avoid flooding,” Audin noted, explaining why the site—which is partially shaded and prone to flooding—wouldn't work for solar panels but is ideal for batteries. Village…

The BESS discussion comes as the committee races to finish existing projects before federal and state incentives expire. The village is preparing to install 18 EV charging ports at the train station next month. The $300,000 project is fully funded by…

Meanwhile, a separate $300,000 solar canopy project at the DPW is facing paperwork delays. Prior to a roughly $90,000 IRA rebate and other grants, the 59.4 kW project will cost the village nothing. On the operational side, Mayor Brian Pugh reported …

A planned solar canopy for the Croton-on-Hudson Department of Public Works garage has hit a snag after the Board of Trustees rejected the only bid submitted for the project. During the October 15 work session, the board voted 3-0 to toss out the Sep…

The solar canopy project was slated to be fully funded through grants awarded by the New York State Energy Development and Research Authority (NYSERDA). The village initially issued an Invitation to Bid on July 31, but the lack of compliant responses…

On the infrastructure front, the committee reviewed a lucrative proposal to lease village land for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS). A developer proposed building a ~5 MW system on the dirt plot behind the Municipal Place facility, …

While the revenue potential is significant, the committee advised Village staff to solicit competing offers from other BESS developers before making a decision. A previous idea to place batteries on Hessian Hills Road was scrapped because the nearest…

The meeting also highlighted a setback for local solar efforts. The winning contractor for the DPW solar canopy was dismissed on October 10 for failing to provide required paperwork. Because of the delay, the village lost about $9,000 of its roughly …

On the solar front, the long-awaited commissioning of the train station solar canopies and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is slated for completion by the end of December. However, plans for a second, larger BESS behind the Municipal Place facil…

Exploring an alternate site by purchasing a narrow strip of state DOT land near Route 9 was dismissed by Mayor Brian Pugh, who noted past problematic dealings with the agency. A subsequent review of moving the salt shed to make room for the original …

Thank you, mayor. To start with the question that was raised during the public comment period, as I detailed a little bit in my memo, we are switching over all of our diesel vehicles to the renewable diesel, fuel that, we have been piloting for the p…

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The initiative, developed by Sustainability Committee member Lindsay Audin and implemented by DPW's Frank Balbi and John Bouchard, will be funded through the existing lease of the DPW solar canopy. "We do not foresee a fiscal impact on the budget," H…

Mayor Brian Pugh had a rare definitive answer: the industrial tenant's lease was renewed for more than five years, so "there will not be a change in use for the remainder of this decade." On the sustainability front, the village is switching all die…

During a Sunday morning Zoom meeting, the Sustainability Committee revealed that Luminace, the developer tapped to build a half-sized battery energy storage system (BESS) at the Municipal Place facility, has backed out. The firm’s development directo…

To salvage the project—and secure the originally proposed 5 MW system—the committee is exploring a creative shuffle: relocating the village salt shed to temporarily house seasonal yard waste, thereby freeing up enough space at Municipal Place for the…

Time is of the essence. Committee Chair Lindsay Audin noted that last March, the commercial BESS incentive dropped from $175 per stored kilowatt-hour to $125. Lower incentives directly translate to lower lease rent for the village, and the funding po…

The canopies' underlying PV and BESS project is currently being sold to Altus Power, which Audin noted will not affect the village's existing rent or leasing contracts.

Oh, thanks. And, ditto to, trustee, Nak Taylor on both Christine and Jim and, and Ethan. Last night was Jim's first zoning board chairmanship. And, I actually watched it on television for the sole purpose of examining channel seventy eight on my own.…

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Whereas the village issued an invitation to bid on 11/20/2025 for the installation and commissioning of a solar canopy at the DPW garage, and whereas this project is to be funded through grants awarded to the village by the New York State Energy Deve…

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Riley from Truesdale Drive. Few few quick comments before we get down to business. The human rights presentation at the library, which was done by an outstanding presenter, mister Mayo Gregory Bartlett, a lawyer. And the Human Rights Commissioner was…

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Croton's Board of Trustees took a major step toward renewable energy on February 4, awarding a $302,940 contract to Rivertown Solar of Dobbs Ferry for the installation of a solar canopy at the DPW Garage. The project, funded entirely through NYSERDA …

The most pressing concern was the stalled DPW solar canopy project. The Village Board had already accepted a bid from Rivertown Solar for the approximately $300,000 installation, which is fully funded by a grant. However, the project has stalled agai…

Meanwhile, the village’s battery energy storage system (BESS) 2.0 project at Municipal Place is back on track after Luminace submitted a modified proposal on January 27 accepting changes to the site access easement. To maximize the site’s potential m…

The committee also took a first look at "balcony solar" systems—plug-in solar panels limited to 1.2 kilowatts under proposed state law. Dan Columbini raised fire and electrical code concerns, and new resident Corey Cummings volunteered to research th…

Okay. Number seven. These are tier one battery storage systems. These are the the smaller. These could even be rooftop systems. Right, Vince? Two I believe so. Yeah. These are now allowed in waterfront commercial districts and parks, recreation, educ…

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Other changes include allowing larger solar and battery storage systems on RA-60 lots, moving sidewalk dining from special permit status to a simpler resolution process (which has been the practice since 1993 anyway), and requiring four hours of prof…

Question on section six number one. Yep. K. Do we need to add battery storage signage? I don't know. Do does do battery storage?

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displayed on the solar energy system. Yes. Because this is So I was wondering, do you need something similar for battery storage? We could we could have it in here already. That's why I'm I'm gonna look right now and see if it's if it's in the chapte…

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And you have five minutes. Hi. I'm Dave. I'm on Farrington Road. Can you hear me? Mhmm. Mhmm. Thank you for this time. I'm sorry. Can you just state your last name? Lowell. Thank you. Thank you for this time to speak. I'm here to talk with you about …

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