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Thomas Ouellette
Developers with Jupiter Power want to build two battery energy storage system facilities in the county. As part of hours of deliberation, Nat Drucker with Jupiter Power addressed several concerns from residents, like capping the number of total batteries, draining water to an independent system, and taking precautions against fire.

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Nat Drucker
So we hope that all this shows and demonstrates that we are absolutely willing to work with people and working to do this better, and to provide this very important piece of infrastructure that is going to help keep this county and this part of Indiana moving forward.

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Thomas Ouellette
Despite that new information, members of the public remained firmly against the battery storage facility. Former Madison County Council member Ben Gale was among them.

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Ben Gale
So the numbers were seeing up here. I don't buy them. I've been through the process before. I see how it works, and the promises made up front are never what ends up working.

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Thomas Ouellette
After the unfavorable recommendation, the project will now move to the county commissioners to consider and vote on the rezoning request. I'm Thomas Ouellette in Anderson.