How did we ever get to a place where I have to get permission from my neighbors or my community? How did this ever happen?
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Norm Welker, Hoosier farmer
Let’s tell our county commissioners to support our farmers’ property rights!
County commissioners should not give in to demands from anti-renewable, Not-in-My-Backyard (NIMBY) activists who are willing to strip farmers of their property rights in their efforts to stop renewables.
Petition text: “We support the property rights of farmers and other landowners in our county and oppose restrictions or excessive local government regulations that take their rights away. This includes anti-renewable energy regulation that strips farmers of their rights to use their land as they fit. Both wind and solar development are opportunities for Hoosier farmers to diversify their income, support their families and bring economic development to their communities. Reasonable accommodations can be made to address the concerns of neighboring landowners without denying farmers of their rights. We call on our county government to stand up for property rights and reject anti-renewable regulations that take those rights away.”
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What we lose when county governments block renewables:
Income for farmers
Revenue for local small businesses
Jobs for construction workers
Revenue for counties
How Renewables Make Indiana’s Economy Stronger
Homegrown sources of energy we make right here in Indiana help us become more energy independent and less reliant on foreign sources of fuel.
Energy Independence
Renewables provide a new and stable source of revenue for farmers, giving them the option to use their land for wind or solar if they choose. Payments to private landowners from renewables totaled $26.2 million in 2022.
Revenue for farmers
Renewables strengthen Hoosier communities through private sector economic development payments and revenue that helps fund schools, first responders, community centers and highspeed internet. To date renewable energy companies have invested $8 billion in local projects and economies. Clean power projects paid $26.7 million in property, state and local taxes in 2022 alone.
Funds for community services
Renewables deliver job growth. Clean Jobs Midwest reports that clean energy companies employed more than 86,000 Hoosiers at the end of 2021 – a seven percent boost over the prior year. Job growth in clean energy is twice the speed of the overall economy. There are now over 11,000 Hoosiers in the renewable space alone.