SB108
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 96 to define terms; prohibit any utility operating under the chapter from constructing a facility that generates electricity using solar energy if constructing the facility would result in more than one percent of the total land area of any county where the proposed construction is to be located being occupied by solar electric generating facilities; amend KRS 278.020 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from granting an application…
Introduced: February 5, 2025
Last action: February 7, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill would place limits on where and how large solar energy facilities can be built in Kentucky. It would bar utilities and other energy companies from building solar installations if doing so would cause more than one percent of any county's total land area to be covered by solar facilities. It would also prohibit building solar energy facilities on land acquired through eminent domain. Who it may affect: energy companies seeking to build solar projects, county governments, and landowners whose property might otherwise be acquired for energy development.
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