As Brookhaven Town prepares to review applications for up to eight large battery storage plants next year, residents, firefighters and lawmakers at a rally in Holbrook last week opposed their placement near schools and homes.

Battery storage projects, most planned for acres of property from Setauket to Holtsville, are part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s statewide plan to replace older fossil-fuel burning peak-power plants and store green energy from wind and solar farms. Some at the rally noted the mandates are under siege from the Trump administration’s opposition to wind and solar energy. His "big, beautiful bill," however, left a longer runway for battery storage projects before federal subsidies run out, through 2033.

Brookhaven Town has been among Long Island’s most welcoming of green ene

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