One-year moratorium on solar farms fails on Alabama Senate procedural rule

By: Anna Barrett

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: April 8, 2026

Words: 537

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Alabama Senate on Tuesday passed a bill prohibiting the construction and operation of new solar facilities for one year, but could not get it past a late-session procedural hurdle.

SB 354, sponsored by Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, would have prohibited such construction and operation for a year after the enactment of the bill.

The legislation comes amid ongoing controversy over a solar farm project in Stockton, an unincorporated area of Baldwin …

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