Company hopes Boston gets a charge out of its plans for a large battery system on Electric Avenue

Back when I lived up hill from there I used to go on a run down the hill to Electric Avenue to just to make that joke.

So they are taking over the construction company yard? Seems like a good place to build this.

Between the tow yard, the Ever source Substation and the Pike this likely the least desirable place to put anything else.

I live across from Electric Ave on Parsons. It was so much fun while Eversource went over schedule because they built their substation on an old pond that was filled turn of the 20th Century. Every time it rained, up from the ground came porcelain doll parts, glass bottles, clay pipes etc. Every time there's a heavy rain, the construction company's site has to be pumped out. The spring that came down the hill above is still there hiding under the street. It eventually flows out to the Charles across from the hotel next to the iHop.

We already talked to Flatiron about their plans and this potential problem. At this stage Flatiron is being a little more proactive than Eversource ever was. The stupid thing about this project is Eversource has a shed roof over its equipment that faces toward the Turnpike, or north. I understand why they built it that way to direct rainwater away from the interior of the site, but if they turned it around, they'd have square yards of ideal solar panel surface.

I look forward to the public meetings, the years long construction and the increased traffic on Parsons St, which, if I'm hearing correctly, is supposed to get a working over at the North Beacon, Soldiers Field Road intersection. Fun.