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Committee approves bill requiring decommissioning plans for commercial renewable projects, with private-farm carveout
Summary
House Bill 15 25 would require commercial wind and solar developers to submit agricultural remediation plans for returning land to productive use at end of project life; the committee approved the bill after a trade group voiced support and the sponsor inserted an exemption for private farm owners powering their own property.
Representative Trey Stammel introduced House Bill 15 25, calling it “common sense legislation” to require commercial renewable-energy developers to have plans for remediating agricultural land when projects reach end of life.
Simon Mahan of the Southern Renewable Energy Association told the committee the trade group supports the bill and that many developers already negotiate end-of-life…
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