The standoff between the Region and the Government over wind and photovoltaic energy continues. The Region has challenged the national law on areas suitable for renewable energy plants (number 4 of January 15, 2026) before the Constitutional Court, deeming it "infringes on statutory prerogatives and territorial governance."
The Meloni government's measure , among other things, defines areas that are "legally suitable." These include sites already occupied by plants, or sites undergoing reclamation, disused quarries and mines, industrial areas, railway areas, military areas, and state property. These are all areas where the authorization process is quicker and the landscape assessment is not binding. According to the permanent garrison of the Sardinian people, 370,000 hectares of the island are immediately suitable .
The law violates Articles 3, 4, and 14 of the Special Statute . At least according to the Region, which in its appeal asserts its role in territorial planning: "State law replaces planning with automatic mechanisms. It directly identifies areas, restricts any margin for evaluation, and reduces territorial governance to a matter of mere observation." Essentially, "an approach that undermines local and regional competences," explain Councilors Emanuele Cani (Industry) and Francesco Spanedda (Local Authorities, Finance, and Urban Planning) .
According to members of the Todde Council, the appeal is "necessary, given a law that intervenes in a targeted and invasive manner on matters under the Region's primary jurisdiction, undermining planning and reducing the role of local authorities."
The Region is reaffirming the path it had already started with its provision on suitable areas, law 20, which was partially rejected by the Constitutional Court , just as the previous moratorium on plants had been rejected .
