Energy seems to be on everyone’s mind these days.

Hoosiers are watching their electric bills balloon , communities are rallying against energy-gobbling data centers , and government officials, consumer advocates and utilities have competing interests and ideas for how to move forward, including building several nuclear reactors.

All the while, opportunities for renewable energy development — which could quickly alleviate some of the pain from electric bills and electricity demand from new industry — are constricting across the state.

A USA TODAY and IndyStar investigation found that 40 of Indiana’s 92 counties had bans or impediments on new wind development and 24 counties had similar restrictions on solar energy as of September 2025. Battery storage systems, which are emissions-fr

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