Hurley has no battery project of its own, but pressed neighboring Ulster for a full environmental review and enacted — then extended — a moratorium it is now moving to make a permanent ban.
Town of Hurley · Ulster County · Energy storage · Status: never-proposed (precautionary moratorium)
No battery storage facility has been proposed in Hurley — the Supervisor has noted the town has no substation to host one. The driver is next door: the 250 MW Terra-Gen / Alcazar project in the Town of Ulster, which would interconnect at the Hurley substation. (Hudson Valley One)
On September 30, 2025, the Hurley Town Board unanimously enacted a six-month moratorium on large-scale BESS and wrote to the Town of Ulster, the City of Kingston, the county, state officials, and FERC seeking a full environmental review of the neighboring project. (Hudson Valley One; The Overlook) In February 2026 the board extended the moratorium and urged Governor Hochul to preserve local control over renewable-energy siting; it has since been drafting a permanent prohibition on large-scale storage. (Hudson Valley One)
no safety flags
putting it in the middle of a residential area is just insane
Hurley shows how a single sited project radiates outward: a town with no battery proposal of its own becomes one of the loudest voices for review — and a candidate for a permanent ban — because the facility next door would plug into its grid and sit near its residents. State legislators Shrestha and Hinchey found "no safety flags" on that project, while Hurley's board pressed for the full SEQRA review the Town of Ulster ultimately ordered. Hurley's move toward a permanent prohibition, rather than a time-limited pause, is the same trajectory seen in Montgomery and Plattekill.