Daviess County Fiscal Court voted 3-1 on Thursday to implement a 12-month moratorium on wind and solar energy projects, allowing more time to refine regulations governing renewable energy installations. The decision follows residents’ concerns over property rights, infrastructure impacts, and economic development related to the proposal of a 1,200-acre solar farm on agricultural land in Daviess County.
The moratorium, which is a resolution rather than a legally binding ordinance, temporarily halts all applications for zone changes, conditional use permits, and development plans related to wind and solar energy.
Fiscal Court also heard the first reading of an ordinance amending zoning regulations for solar farms. Judge-Executive Charlie Castlen worked with NextEra Energy Resources, the company behind the proposed solar farm, to develop the amendments.
NextEra’s project involves a large-scale solar farm designed to…
