Requires the office of renewable energy siting and electric transmission to establish and/or amend rules and regulations pertaining to standards related to siting major renewable energy facilities

Summary

The measure adds definitions for "agrivoltaics" projects that combine solar panels with farming, and it tells the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) to give priority to already‑developed or underused sites when approving new solar facilities. It also requires ORES, together with the Department of Agriculture, to safeguard a critical amount of farmland from being converted to solar farms.

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