Smithtown latest town to consider pausing battery storage projects
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Smithtown has become the latest Long Island municipality to consider a moratorium on battery energy storage facilities. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone; File Footage; Town of Smithtown