Local bans on wind, solar and other energy projects are giving Indiana a bad reputation, Indiana’s top energy official said Tuesday. She plans to reward those open for business.

“These local moratoriums are setting our energy policy,” said Energy and Natural Resources Secretary Suzanne Jaworowski said. “And not only that, it’s creating a reputation … where industry doesn’t want to come.”

She spoke at the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute’s annual luncheon.

Jaworowski knocked communities that “string” companies along for months or years, costing them significant sums of money for development work, before rejecting their projects.

“That’s disgraceful. Personally, I think that those companies should start suing those communities and get serious about it,” she said.

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