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Dodge County commissioners vote 3-2 to remove battery storage ban from solar ordinance
Summary
On Oct. 6, 2025, the Dodge County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to strike an addendum to a proposed solar ordinance that had banned battery energy storage facilities. Chairman Dan McCranie broke the tie in favor of removing the ban.
On Oct. 6, 2025, the Dodge County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to strike an addendum to a proposed solar ordinance that had banned battery energy storage facilities in the county. Chairman Dan McCranie cast the tie-breaking vote after commissioners split on the measure.
The motion to remove the addendum was made by Commissioner Brian Watkins and seconded by Commissioner Sharon Cobb Flanagan. After discussion, Commissioners Watkins and Jeffrey Jones voted in favor of striking the addendum; Commissioners Flanagan and Leigh Ann Greene voted against it. Chairman McCranie voted to break the tie in favor of removing the language, and the motion passed 3 to 2.
The transcript records that no motion was made to amend the ordinance’s utility easement setback language, and that section of the ordinance remained unchanged. The board’s action on the addendum restores the ordinance language as it stood prior to the Sept. 15 meeting when the addendum had been adopted.
The decision was recorded as a formal roll-call-style outcome in the minutes; the board did not record additional legally binding amendments to the ordinance in the meeting minutes. The minutes do not show further operational steps or an implementation schedule for the ordinance following the removal of the addendum.
