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- Montgomery County Board of Commissioners unanimously rejected a 200-megawatt solar project on Sept. 28
- Montgomery County, Indiana places utility-scale solar projects on an official list of undesirable land uses
- The county's undesirable land uses list also includes 'adult-oriented businesses' (adult bookstores), putting solar in the same category
- The pre-existing classification made the project's rejection 'not surprising,' per the source, suggesting the zoning language itself served as the block
Why it matters: Montgomery County's formal classification of utility-scale solar alongside adult-oriented businesses gave local officials a pre-built rationale to reject a 200-megawatt project unanimously without case-by-case debate — illustrating how zoning language that pre-labels solar as 'undesirable' can be repurposed to block renewable energy development at the local level.
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