Armour's site-plan appeal for a battery beside an existing solar array is file OLT-26-001036 - the letter prints no hearing date, the page prints 4.99 MW / 19.9 MWh and 5 MW / 20 MWh, and the $1,100 is the filing fee
On 10 November 2026 the Ontario Land Tribunal acknowledged appeal 013864 at 219 Peggs Mountain Road in Armour. The appellant is 1000234813 Ontario Inc., operating as PowerBank. The case is a site-plan appeal for failure to make a decision. The township form says the application was deemed complete on 27 August 2026. The township page prints 4.99 MW / 19.9 MWh and, in another paragraph, 5 MW / 20 MWh. One paragraph says the box charges from the grid overnight. The solar array's kilowatts are blank. The appeal form prints $1,100.
A battery proposed next to an operating solar array in Armour Township is in a planning appeal. It is not on a factory meter. It is not switched on.
On 10 November 2026 the Ontario Land Tribunal acknowledged case OLT-26-001036. The reference line is SPA-BESS. The address on the letter is 219 Peggs Mountain Road, in Armour, Parry Sound. The appellant line is 1000234813 Ontario Inc., written as dba Powerbank Corporation. The appeal number on that letter is 013864. The letter says the tribunal has the case. It says a hearing will be set for the next open date on the tribunal calendar. It does not print that date.
The township link's file name includes the words 29 Peggs Mountain Road. The letter's subject line prints 219 Peggs Mountain Road. The township submission form also prints 219 Peggs Mountain Road, Armour ON P0A 1C0. The letter and the form agree on 219. The file name does not. This note follows the letter.
The appeal form was paid on 28 October 2026 at 3:51 pm. Its case type is Site Plan, under Planning Act section 41(12), failure to make a decision. The appeal id on that form is EA-002421. The letter's appeal number is 013864. Neither document prints a sentence that one number replaces the other. The fee line prints $1100, invoice INV_OEF_20262810_01712, paid in full. That is the tribunal fee. It is not the price of the battery. Written with a comma, $1100 is $1,100. The form says the appellant is not the current owner, and it names a property owner on a separate line. It lists a related matter, OLT-26-000137. It says the appellant put down five days to present the case, and yes to tribunal-led mediation. The witness line is land use planning, stormwater management, and others that may be identified before the hearing.
The township's package, case EC-261102-02338, reached the tribunal at 3:14 pm on 6 November 2026. The form says its clock is Eastern Standard Time, and its dates are day, month, year. It says the municipality deemed the application complete on 27 August 2026. It answers no to whether a public meeting has been held for this case. The township page, on other tabs, records earlier public meetings on the official-plan and zoning applications, including 18 November 2025 and 2 November 2022. The 6 November form does not call those meetings the site-plan meeting.
The township project page prints two size pairs. The facility description says 4.99 MW / 19.9 MWh, nine identical containers, five inverters, two transformers, and a connection to Hydro One at 44 kV. It names lithium iron phosphate cells. A community-engagement paragraph on the same page says 5 MW / 20 MWh and lithium ion, at 219 Peggs Mountain Rd, where a ground-mount solar array is already operating. That paragraph says the battery will charge from the local grid overnight, when demand is low, and send power back to the grid when demand is high. It does not say the box stores the array's noon. The array's kilowatts are not on the page. The same plan names Abundant Solar Energy Inc. as the developer of that engagement. The 2026 appeal names PowerBank. The page does not print a sentence that the two names are one firm.
19.9 divided by 4.99 is 3.99 when rounded to two decimal places, our arithmetic. 20 divided by 5 is 4, our arithmetic. The page does not print hours. 4.99 and 5 are both on the page. They are not the same sentence.
A separate block on the page summarises a tribunal order of 21 July 2026. The page says that order allowed an official-plan appeal and a zoning appeal, and the caption names PowerBank Corporation, 1000234763 Ontario Inc., and Solar High Yield Projects 1 Ltd. The November appellant is 1000234813 Ontario Inc. The page does not print a sentence that 4763 and 4813 are the same company. The page also records that council refused the official-plan and zoning applications on 13 January 2026. A refusal, a later zoning order, and a site-plan appeal for no decision are three steps. None of them is a switched-on battery.
The history line says PowerBank, previously SolarBank, has secured IESO approval for a 4.99 MW battery. In that sentence the page calls the IESO the electrical distribution regulator. The IESO is the body that runs Ontario's wholesale electricity market. The page does not print a contract price, a term, or megawatt-hours beside that approval line. A lease consent running to April 2047 is described as a future application. It is not a signed lease on this page. No dollar budget for the containers is printed.
Three Ontario batteries already in service on this desk are the Alectra boxes in Vaughan and Guelph. Armour is a different object. It is a site-plan file, and the pages do not say the containers are in.
Analogy: a permit folder that has reached the counter, with two stickers on the box and no switch. The stickers do not match. The power is not on.
Good: A 10 November letter with a case number, an address, an appellant, and no hearing date. A form that names the section, the complete-application date, the fee, and the related file. A township page that prints both size pairs and, in one paragraph, says the box charges from the grid.
Bad: The link's file name prints 29 and the letter prints 219. 4.99 MW / 19.9 MWh and 5 MW / 20 MWh are both on the page. The solar kilowatts are blank. The July caption's company number and the November appellant number are not the same digits. The IESO line prints no price and no hours. The hearing date is blank. 3.99 and 4 are our arithmetic. $1,100 is the filing fee.
Ugly: Treating $1,100 as the cost of the battery. Reading the July zoning order as a site-plan approval. Putting the noon solar into a paragraph that says the box charges from the grid overnight. Calling 1000234763 and 1000234813 one firm. Calling the project operating.
Soft next step: write 4.99 MW / 19.9 MWh and 5 MW / 20 MWh as two lines on the same township page, keep $1,100 as the filing fee, and leave the hearing date blank.
Source: Ontario Land Tribunal acknowledgement, 10 Nov 2026, case OLT-26-001036. Primary for the 10 November date, reference SPA-BESS, the address 219 Peggs Mountain Road in Armour, Parry Sound, appellant 1000234813 Ontario Inc. (dba Powerbank Corporation), appeal 013864, acknowledgement of receipt, and a hearing to be set on the next open calendar date with no date printed. The township link's file name includes 29 Peggs Mountain Road. The letter body prints 219. Appeal form EA-002421, submitted 28 Oct 2026. Primary for Site Plan, Planning Act section 41(12) failure to make a decision, appeal id EA-002421, $1100 paid in full on invoice INV_OEF_20262810_01712 at 3:51 pm, the appellant is not the current owner, a property owner named on a separate line, related matter OLT-26-000137, five days, and yes to tribunal-led mediation. $1100 written with a comma is $1,100, our notation. Township of Armour submission, case EC-261102-02338, 6 Nov 2026. Primary for submission at 3:14 pm, Eastern Standard Time, day-month-year dates, application deemed complete on 27 August 2026, and no public meeting held for this case. Township of Armour, battery project page. Primary for 4.99 MW / 19.9 MWh, nine containers, five inverters, two transformers, Hydro One at 44 kV, lithium iron phosphate, the separate 5 MW / 20 MWh lithium-ion line, ground-mount solar already operating with no kilowatts printed, overnight charging from the local grid, Abundant Solar Energy Inc. named in that engagement plan, PowerBank on the 2026 appeal with no sentence that the names are one firm, the 21 July 2026 order summary naming 1000234763 Ontario Inc., the 13 January 2026 council refusal, the IESO approval line for 4.99 MW with no price or hours, and a future lease consent to April 2047. 19.9 divided by 4.99, and 20 divided by 5, are our arithmetic. The pages do not print 3.99, a four-hour figure, a container price, or a hearing date.