Chris Storm’s Indiana Power Revise proposal has failed in the state legislature, with a final weighted tally of 94 votes against and 6 in favor.

The proposal would have authorized a major energy and infrastructure undertaking near Richmond, Indiana, combining underground utility relocation, a new reservoir, an underwater dual-reactor nuclear facility, and upgrades for five nearby fire departments.

Its stated focus was resilience and power reliability. But the scale and unusual design of the project put significant questions before lawmakers, including the costs of such a large undertaking, the implications for land use, environmental risk, and the feasibility of placing dual nuclear reactors underwater.

The 94-6 result marks a decisive rejection of the measure after earlier coverage described the proposal as facing a closely divided opening vote. The final tally showed little legislative support for moving forward with the full plan as presented.

The fire-department upgrades included in the bill placed a local public-safety component alongside an ambitious energy proposal. Yet that element did not carry the broader legislation across the finish line, as lawmakers rejected the package in its entirety.

The result underscores the difficulty of advancing large-scale infrastructure plans when they combine several complex components at once: utility work, water infrastructure, nuclear power development, and public-safety investment. The bill’s failure leaves those proposed Richmond-area projects without legislative authorization under this measure.

For Storm, a volunteer firefighter and EMT seeking change, the outcome is a clear setback for a plan centered on long-term power reliability and infrastructure resilience. The final vote also illustrates the challenge of building legislative backing for an initiative whose scope extended well beyond a conventional utility or public-works proposal.

Indiana’s vote does not resolve the underlying policy questions raised by the proposal. It does, however, establish that the legislature declined to approve this particular approach to energy and infrastructure development near Richmond.