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New from CommonWealth Beacon BUILDING CHARGE: Bay State officials announced Friday they are entering contract negotiations with four companies to procure nearly 1,300 megawatts of battery storage. More than half of the storage would come from the largest bidder, the Trimount project in Everett. Jordan Wolman has the details. excerpt: The Trimount battery storage project in Everett would be built on an old Exxon oil storage field, with the Boston skyline in the distance. (Photo by Jordan Wolman/CommonWealth Beacon) A FORMER EXXON OIL storage facility on an industrial plot of land just four miles from downtown Boston could be Massachusetts’s ticket to a green energy future — and lower utility bills. Bay State officials announced Friday they are entering contract negotiations with four companies to procure nearly 1,300 megawatts of battery storage. More than half of the storage would come from the largest bidder, the Trimount project in Eve...