KIRKSVILLE, MO --
‘Disappointed’ was the word used by Adair County residents who attended Wind and Solar Energy Day at the Missouri State Capitol Tuesday.
    
A group including the county commissioners and officials from the Novinger School District traveled to Jefferson City to prove why a wind farm in the county would benefit the area.
    
A 2008 law passed by voters requires that utilities use at least 15 percent renewable energy by 2021.
    
On Monday the senate voted against a part of the rules saying the energy must be produced in the state of Missouri.
    
County officials say this could hurt the chances of the trade wind farm coming to Adair and Sullivan counties.

“We were disappointed naturally but this is a type of thing for this area, it would be such a boost in the economy that we have to keep at it, we have to stay with it and see what we can get accomplished,” said Commissioner Carson Adams.
    
Senator Brian Munzlinger was one of 29 who voted no to the geographic stipulation in the legislation, saying that all renewable energy must be produced and sold in Missouri.
    
Munzlinger says he thinks the issue will be addressed again later in the legislative session.