Energy Freedom: Consumers should be able to choose where and how they get their power.
Economic Growth: Creating a community energy program opens a new market for renewable energy projects and jobs that pay a prevailing wage. Demand for green jobs in Indiana is on track to increase in the coming years.
Property Rights + Reuse: Community energy projects give farmers the opportunity to lease their land to developers or develop their own projects, diversifying their income. It also can be used on brownfields and other land types that are difficult to repurpose.
Energy Resiliency: Homegrown Hoosier energy reduces our dependence on neighboring states and foreign energy sources, reducing energy costs and ensuring grid reliability.
Energy Fairness: Community energy allows all Hoosiers to enjoy the benefits of the renewable energy transition, including low-income, Black, and Brown communities that have traditionally been left out. It also allows people who rent their homes or who own property that isn’t suitable for clean energy projects to have an opportunity to own clean energy and have the credits apply to their electric bills.