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Committee advances bill to limit solar incentives on productive farmland and require decommissioning plans
Summary
HB 16 would restrict state incentives for large solar projects on productive grazing or crop land, require decommissioning plans and grandfather in projects already in the pipeline; the committee passed the bill out with a favorable recommendation (one member recorded as a nay).
Representative Jack presented HB 16, describing it as a measure to limit state incentives for large solar fields on productive farmland and grazing land while preserving private property rights and grandfathering projects already underway. The sponsor emphasized the bill does not stop private owners from developing their land but refrains from state incentives for projects on productive agricultural land.
The bill also requires…
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