Brookhaven Officials to Host Battery Energy Storage Forum Tuesday

SELDEN, NY — Brookhaven Town will host a community forum on battery energy storage systems at Suffolk County Community College in Selden, Supervisor Dan Panico said.

It will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Shea Theater at the college's Ammerman Campus on College Road.

The event will include qualified panelists and is described as educational with a focus on residential impact.

There will be no live questions at the forum, according to a news release from the town.

There are at least two battery storage facilities plans being floated in the township.

One includes a 1.9-megawatt facility in Patchogue, Newsday reported.