CNY town failed to demand property taxes from 2 solar farms; ‘We just didn’t think about it’

Clay solar

This solar farm on Ver Plank Road in Clay, valued at $4.8 million, is exempt from property taxes. Town officials missed a chance to demand that the developer make payments in lieu of taxes.Tim Knauss

Clay, N.Y. – Officials in the town of Clay learned a costly lesson during their initial go-round with solar power developers. They failed to seek payment-in-lieu-of-tax agreements with two large solar farms, forfeiting thousands of dollars in annual revenue.

Since then, other towns have extracted serious money from solar farms on behalf of taxpayers.

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