A public zoning hearing is scheduled for March 16 in Brandon to review an application for a development from a battery storage company. The meeting is open to the public and will be held at 6 p.m. at Brandon City Hall on Municipal Drive. 

Brandon Mayor Butch Lee confirmed that Black Mountain Energy Storage, a Texas-based company, was applying for the zoning permit. According to its website, the company focuses on bringing “reliable energy storage capacity to the electric grid that will enhance system reliability and enable greater reliance on renewable generation.”

“Observe, listen, study, before accepting everything from the social media influencers,” said Lee when asked for comment about the project. 

Some Brandon residents have been raising concerns about the new proposal on social media ahead of the zoning hearing.

The new proposed facility comes on the heels of last August’s announcement of a $6 billion data center project being built in Brandon that has received community pushback over concerns about energy rates and air and water pollution.

Correction 3/3/26: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that a planned zoning hearing was for a data center development in Brandon. The hearing is for a new proposal from Black Mountain Energy Storage.