The Intrinsic Danger of Siting Utility Scale Lithium Based Energy Storage Systems In Densely Populated Areas: Such Danger Would Be Magnified In Nassau and Suffolk Counties 

Richard Ellenbogen, M.E.E. 

January 21, 2026 

This report was created for the Hauppauge Fire District by Mr. Ellenbogen. It is a long, highly detailed report clearly pointing out the hazards of placing a BESS facility at 220 Rabro Drive. The report contains a number of links so that the reader can look at the sources behind this report. 

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Key Capture Energy and the Long Island Power Authority are planning to build a 79 megawatt Lithium Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at 220 Rabro Drive at the corner of NYS Route 111 in Hauppauge. The Hauppauge Fire District and the Hauppauge Fire Department are opposed to this site as being an extreme hazard to the community. Please watch the video then contact your political representatives and voice your opposition to the placement of this facility so close to homes and Bretton Woods Elementary School. 
Please consider attending the Town of Islip Board meeting on Tuesday, August 12 at Town Hall, 655 Main Street, Islip. The meeting begins at 2 PM. Let your representatives know how you feel. We cannot do this alone. The public's help is vital to trying to stop construction of this facility.

We are accepting applications from boys and girls 14 through 17 years of age for the Hauppauge Fire Department Junior Firefighters program. Our Juniors are taught the basics of firefighting, they participate with us in various events such as our holiday parades and they learn the responsibility and discipline that comes from being a firefighter. For more information please contact Ex-Captain Ron Walker at 631 265 2499, Ext 117 or email him at BunkertheHFDog@hauppaugefiredistrict.com.

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