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Deuel County approves one-year moratorium on power plants, rejects six-month data-center pause
Summary
After a joint Planning & Zoning hearing, Deuel County officials voted down a six‑month moratorium on data centers but approved a one‑year moratorium on public power plants that requires an environmental and community impact study. The zoning amendment for high‑voltage transmission lines moves to first reading March 3.
Deuel County commissioners and the Planning & Zoning Commission on Feb. 3, 2026, voted to impose a one‑year moratorium on public power plants, requiring an environmental and community impact study, while declining a proposed six‑month moratorium specifically on data centers.
At a joint public hearing and meeting convened in the Deuel County Courthouse, Chairman Jay Grabow explained that a recent public request sought moratoria on data centers, transmission lines and power plants but that transmission lines were already being addressed through a separate ordinance process. The board and the Planning & Zoning Commission considered public comments both opposing and supporting temporary pauses to new development.
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