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New Law Restricts Local Governments' Ability to Address Climate Change | IER Indiana Environmental Reporter

New Law Restricts Local Governments’ Ability to Address Climate Change
House Bill 1191, now Public Law 180, takes away local governments’ power to restrict natural gas or set energy-saving regulations on buildings.
Enrique Saenz
May 5, 2021
Beginning July 1, local governments in Indiana will have much less power to enact regulations that would reduce their contributions to climate change.
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law House Bill 1191, authored by Rep. Jim Pressel and co-authored by the chair and vice chair of the House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee, Rep. Ed Soliday and Rep. Ethan Manning.
The law takes away the power of local governments to prevent the use of fossil fuels and to enact other energy-saving and energy-producing regulations. ....

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Southside Electric Co-Op president defends ice storm response, million-dollar compensation

Southside Electric Co-Op president defends ice storm response, million-dollar compensation
Southside Electric Co-Op president defends ice storm response, million-dollar compensation
and last updated 2021-03-12 19:52:38-05
DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. When a February ice storm hit Virginia, tens of thousands of Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) members lost power. For thousands of members, that outage lasted more than a week.
The CBS 6 Problem Solvers heard from countless frustrated members who were upset with SEC leaders.
They wondered how 81 percent of SEC s members could lose power and be out for so long and asked the Problem Solvers to investigate a number of questions about preventative maintenance, vegetation management, and compensation for board members and the president. ....

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