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Council discussed a potential battery energy storage project for Hudson’s municipal electric system, to be privately built and operated north of the HPP Eastside Substation on Stow Road.
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The workshop focused on future infrastructure, public safety staffing, and electric-system reliability. Staff also presented the 2026–2030 five-year capital plan and followed up on the new hybrid fire and EMS staffing model. Proposed legislation, including emergency transformer repairs and land-development changes, was forwarded for consideration at the October 21 council meeting rather than finally decided at this workshop.
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