<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=12Q3r5_1GzsLSta00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=12Q3r5_1GzsLSta00" width="1600" height="900" ><figcaption>Ward County commissioners have given preliminary approval to proposed rules for large battery storage facilities, including distance requirements and emergency response plans. A project near Berthold is already under study. (KMOT)</figcaption></figure>MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) - Ward County Commissioners have given preliminary approval to rules for large battery storage facilities.A project that would connect to the power grid near Berthold is already under study.Battery storage facilities hold electricity and send it back onto the power grid when it’s needed.Under the proposal, large facilities would have to be at least half a mile from homes and schools. Operators would also have to prepare an emergency response plan.Last week’s vote moved the proposed zoning rules forward. Any individual project would go through its own approval process.Commissioners also discussed how the sites should be lit, but nothing was finalized.</div></body>

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MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) - Ward County Commissioners have given preliminary approval to rules for large battery storage facilities. A project that would connect to the power grid near Berthold is already under study. Battery storage facilities hold electricity and send it back onto the power grid when it’s needed.

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MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) - Ward County Commissioners have given preliminary approval to rules for large battery storage facilities. A project that would connect 

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