It's a hot topic again as commissioners move to rewrite a 2024 ordinance that banned solar farms in Bannock County. Public hearings, held before the ordinance passed, allowed Bannock County residents to share their concerns about large solar farms in their backyards. A moratorium was placed on solar farms in 2024 while commissioners deliberated on the outright ban passed in March 2024. A similar strategy was used just last month by Bannock County when they placed a moritorium on AI data center permit proposals, to allow 180 days to deliberate new ordinance. This was an elected commissioner, commissioner Hough, who had released it to a third party interest," Disselkoen explained.