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Town of Hamburg Planning Board Minutes May 20, 2026 o Chemistry is an Iron Phosphate battery o It is the newest model and is much less volatile than earlier classes of batteries. o As mentioned, it is a 24-hour remote monitoring project with additional thermal imaging cameras. o Over 20,000 units deployed without a single incident • Cabinets o About 8-9 feet tall, 6 feet wide and 30 ft. long. o Not a giant battery but it is made up of lots of cells that are 6X6.5X2 that are in trays which are stored in 24 modules that slide into the cabinets. This ensures a level of isolation and helps to keep the top of the cabinet which has the cooling equipment open o The center of the cabinet is the battery management system and is monitored at all times. The monitoring is looking for any abnormalities in behavior such as charging wrong or heating up so that it can be shut down immediately. • Operation o Charge at night when the power is more readily available between 10pm- 8am o Discharge between peak hours of 2pm-8pm • Safety o Committed to full compliance with State guidelines and NFPA 855 safety standards o Equipment and design compliant with national and local safety codes o Peer review during permitting o Manufacturer design for hazard control o Dispatchable personnel are available 24 hours a day o Signage at facility and near property entrance o Security monitoring of facility o Emergency response plan before commissioning o Central station monitoring o Physical Structure Safety: ▪ Battery modules with active and passive fuses-externally serviceable ▪ Touch-safe Customer Interface Bay ▪ Non-walk-in IP66 enclosure and deflagration mitigation ▪ Thermal roof with overpressure vents Mr. Rogers stated that this is a unique project for the Town of Hamburg. There is a battery energy storage project in the Village of Blasdell, that was not done by this 17