Governor JB Pritzker signed a invoice establishing a statewide web site choice course of for wind and photo voltaic tasks. The legislation is efficient instantly. New web site requirements regulate industrial wind energy and photo voltaic power tasks.
The invoice establishes distances from residences, occupied buildings and different property the place wind and photo voltaic tasks might be situated. Present county ordinances are restricted from exceeding state requirements, notably from regulating superb limits. Any particular use or zoning ordinance can’t be stricter than the brand new state legislation.
A couple of yr in the past the Vermilion County Board handed an ordinance relating to set-back necessities. An organization is contemplating placing collectively a brand new wind and photo voltaic challenge in southern Vermilion County, however thus far has not filed the mandatory paperwork to maneuver ahead.
The Illinois Farm Bureau informed lawmakers earlier this month that the invoice didn’t adequately defend personal property. And the Farm Bureau added that it failed to ascertain an appropriate minimal commonplace for the event of wind and photo voltaic services.
