FC APC public hearing on proposed solar and wind-powered energy amendments to zoning code canceled

By John Estridge Franklin County’s important and much-anticipated public hearing on proposed zoning regulations for solar and wind-powered energy was canceled Wednesday night, February 10, due to inclement weather. Area Plan Commission members were hosting the public hearing on the matter. Currently, Franklin County’s Zoning Code does not have any regulations concerning solar and wind …

FC APC talks more about commercial solar energy operations; Bath Twp. residents ask APC to protect farmland

By John Estridge Some Bath Township residents attended the Wednesday, September 9, Franklin County Area Plan Commission meeting to express their displeasure about the possibility of a solar energy enterprise in that township. APC members have been trying to work out implementing zoning requirements concerning solar and wind energy as neither is addressed in the …

Purdue study shows benefits of wind energy

From a press release by The Conservative Energy Network Thursday morning, Sept. 3, the Indiana Conservative Alliance for Energy (ICAE) and The Land & Liberty Coalition (L&LC) announced the joint release of a Purdue University report titled: An Examination of the Community Level Dynamics Related to the Introduction of Wind Energy in Indiana.  The report is …