Even as it continues negotiations with an unnamed solar company interested in putting a project on Route 7 east of the village, the Town of Cobleskill is looking ahead to what’s next:
Storage sites for solar batteries.
Supervisor Leo McAllister has named Councilman and Supervisor-Elect Werner Hampel, Councilman Alan Rubin, and Planning Board member Art Boreali to an ad hoc committee to look into the battery storage sites, which for commercial projects, could end up being quite large.
“As we get farther down the road to clean energy, these are going to become more of an issue,” Mr. McAllister told councilmen Monday.
“There are positives—and negatives. What are they? Do we want them here? Some of them could be quite large.”
Mr. McAllister said he believes the town should allow the solar battery sites, but as with solar itself, he said, “with very stringent requirements.”

POT HEARING RESCHEDULED
Also Monday, Mr. McAllister and councilmen rescheduled their public hearing on opting out of the state’s cannabis law to Thursday, November 18 at 7pm because of scheduling conflict.
Mr. McAllister said he’s heard from a handful of people on the law; only one is opposed to allowing local retail marijuana sales.
He’s urging people to attend the hearing on the 18th; comments will be limited to three minutes with Cobleskill residents up first.
No back and forth will be allowed and he hopes to limit the hearing to an hour.