{"id":1480089,"date":"2026-02-12T12:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1480089"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:48:45","slug":"lithium-storage-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1480089","title":{"rendered":"Lithium storage on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"EAST TEXAS \u2013 On Wednesday, Van Zandt County Commissioners voted to pass a moratorium, pausing all planned green energy projects in the county until Attorney General Ken Paxton investigates their full effects. According to our news partner KETK, the moratorium passed unanimously, pausing construction of nine battery storage units and seven solar projects in the county. This fight has been ongoing since 2024, when the Finnish-based company Taaleri Energia announced the Amador Bess Project in rural Canton.<\/p>\n

Given the proximity of international infrastructure to their homes, national security is a major concern for many residents.
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\u201d The Department of War says this company is a national security threat,\u201d Van Zandt resident Nancy White said. \u201cThe company is on the Department of War\u2019s \u2018Prohibited Technology List\u2019, and they are now additionally on the State of Texas \u2018Prohibited Technology List\u2019 for having connections to the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d<\/p>\n

J.P.\u00a0 Fisher has owned land in Van Zandt County for 6 generations and is not worried about the international threat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf China wanted to attack, they could just do it through cellphones or gas supply,\u201d Fisher said.<\/p>\n

Fisher adds the battery centers would not damage the farmland and provide a new kind of revenue, \u201cNow I\u2019ll just be farming megawatts instead of hay. And I don\u2019t want anyone to come in here and tell me what to do with the land,\u201d Fisher said.<\/p>\n

Some crewmembers, including Fisher, were worried the moratorium would not carry sufficient legal weight or would only result in fines, as in the case in Franklin County.
\nHowever, County Judge Andy Reese assured residents that this moratorium does not change any laws and is simply enforcing what the governor and the attorney general have already stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EAST TEXAS \u2013 On Wednesday, Van Zandt County Commissioners voted to pass a moratorium, pausing all planned green energy projects in the county until Attorney General Ken Paxton investigates their full effects. According to our news partner KETK, the moratorium passed unanimously, pausing construction of nine battery storage units and seven solar projects in the … Continue reading Lithium storage on hold<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1480271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/12\/lithium-225x145.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1480089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 17:39:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/12\/lithium-225x145.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1480089"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1480533,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480089\/revisions\/1480533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1480271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1480089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1480089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1480089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}