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Delaware County commissioners extend solar moratorium, hear hours of split public comment
Summary
The Delaware County commissioners introduced an ordinance extending a moratorium on utility-scale solar permitting and heard more than an hour of public comment, with speakers sharply divided over economic benefits and local impacts.
The Delaware County Commissioners introduced Ordinance 2025-5 to keep in place a moratorium on acceptance and review of applications for utility-scale solar projects and heard extensive public comment both for and against the projects.
Supporters told commissioners solar can stabilize farm income and expand the local tax base, while opponents warned of drainage, decommissioning and property-value impacts and urged stronger protections or continued delay. Commissioners said they will continue work on ordinance amendments and noted a related Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission hearing scheduled for March 11, 2025.
The moratorium language read into the record says the county’s temporary restrictions on filing or accepting applications for solar projects “shall remain in effect until such time the zoning ordinance is amended and adopted by…
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