A new energy storage project could be coming to Boise’s Southeast.
Idaho Power applied for a conditional use permit for a 10-acre battery storage area at its substation located at 2001 E. Amity Rd. The City of Boise’s Planning and Zoning Commission will consider the application at its February 3 meeting at 6 p.m.
The batteries would sit on concrete slabs, occupying the southernmost portion of the facility. Idaho Power Communications Specialist Sven Berg said that the company had initially planned for a 300-megawatt total capacity for the battery project, but following conversations with neighbors, reduced the number of batteries, reducing the total capacity to 200 megawatts…