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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Emily Foxhall

Texas counties don’t have the power to ban solar farms, attorney general finds

Jerry Cooper, County Commissioner District 1 of Franklin County, drives past solar panels near Cunningham on April 10, 2023. "I don't like the term 'solar farm', it feels disingenuous to me," said Cooper, "I realize things are changing, but this feels like an awful fast change."
Jerry Cooper, a Franklin County commissioner, drives past solar panels near Cunningham on April 10. The state attorney general’s office told the county that it doesn’t have the power to ban solar developments under state law. (Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune)

The Texas attorney general’s office on Wednesday dealt a blow to a rural county that has been searching for ways to keep solar farms away.

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