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After last years bill that would establish statewide standards for renewables crashed and burned, lawmakers are trying again this year.

After last years bill that would establish statewide standards for renewables crashed and burned, lawmakers are trying again this year.

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce is again calling for legislation that it says would remove some of the local hurdles such projects now face.

No clear path ahead for large-scale wind, solar projects FREE NEWSLETTERS Wildcat Wind Farm in Tipton County. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) Much-debated legislation to boost wind and solar farms in Indiana was thwarted during this legislative session, but a key state lawmaker said Thursday he hopes to revive the issue next year to help meet the growing need for renewable energy. “We’ll bring back something,” vowed Rep. Ed Soliday, the bill’s author, as this year’s regular legislative sessi...

Efforts to send a message that Indiana is open for business to renewables came to an abrupt stop on Tuesday night. A bill that would have established some statewide standards for wind and solar projects — but was amended to grandfather in counties more restrictive ordinances — died on the Senate floor.  Despite significant amendments that had House Bill 1381 doing a 180 degree turn and handing more authority back to local governments, local control concerns still lingered, according to ...

Bill to ease approval of wind, solar farms flops, but debate rages on FREE NEWSLETTERS Wildcat Wind Farm in Tipton County. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) A strong coalition of renewable energy developers, major businesses and manufacturers could not muster enough support in the Indiana Senate Tuesday to pass a bill that would have shifted some local control over the siting of wind and solar farms to the state. The Senate’s less comprehensive version of House ...

A bill that would have overridden local ordinances that restrict or prohibit wind power in Indiana has taken a “180 degree turn” after pushback from local officials. HB 1381 would establish statewide standards for how close wind and solar projects can be to other properties. But a new amendment would allow county and local governments to maintain restrictive ordinances, while also offering a hefty incentive for abandoning them. The bill was amended in the Senate Utilities hearing Thursday...

A new amendment in House Bill 1381 allows counties that have restrictive wind farm ordinances to keep them, but also encourages them to allow wind farms in special districts.

Proposed law would force local governments to adopt state standards

Proposed law would force local governments to adopt state standards