A moratorium on commercial solar power permits that was set to expire Friday was extended another six months by the Gage County Board of Supervisors.The board narrowly approved keeping the moratorium in place that results in the county not accepting special use permit applications for solar energy farms.The moratorium is set to expire at the end of June 2022. The board decided to maintain the moratorium on commercial solar power because Gage County does not currently have solar regulations in place.Earlier this month the board removed a matching moratorium on wind energy applications after 1 ½ years once a new set of wind regulations was put into place.“The wind moratorium lifted once the regulations were updated, but both end at the end of this year,” said County Board Chairman Erich Tiemann. “When we were talking about this, (Lisa Wiegand, Planning and…
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