Energy companies and landowners would be limited on where they can set up solar panel arrays under a bill advanced Monday in the Iowa Senate.
The bill, Senate Study Bill 1077, would prohibit setting up a commercially owned solar field on land suitable for agriculture within 150 feet of a neighboring property, or within 1,250 feet of a neighboring residence or livestock facility. A three-member subcommittee advanced the bill 2-1, noting they intend to amend it.
Sens. Dan Zumbach, R-Ryan, and Dawn Driscoll, R-Williamsburg, voted to advance it, while Sen. Tony Bisignano, D-Des Moines, did not.
