Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, speaking in the House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee on March 11, 2026, in the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved a bill sponsored by Simpson that would allow the state’s coastal counties to regulate solar farms. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)
An Alabama House committee on Tuesday approved a bill allowing south Alabama counties to regulate solar farms but delayed a vote on another bill imposing a one-year moratorium on construction of new solar farms in the state.
HB 618, sponsored by Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, would allow county commission located along the state’s coastline in Mobile and Baldwin counties to regulate the construction and operations of solar farms in their jurisdiction…