Indiana legislators are trying to take control from local officials in the state's 92 counties

Indiana legislators are trying to make local officials impotent, so county commissioners can no longer get in the way of their projects.

The state already tried to take over solar and wind rights in 2021 , but the counties refused to cede territory.

The new proposed law would not only pre-empt locals on renewables, but also on other projects that involve the generation, transmission, distribution, and storage of electricity, gas, fluids, and water.

St. Joseph County , Indiana , already has two solar fields and as many as four more planned, placed significant set-back limits after locals complained that a planned 2,500-acre industrial solar project would weave between their houses.

The energy future in Indiana , however, is unlikely to be powered by unreliable and inefficient renewables.