Will the feds do the same thing? Has anyone in the military noticed that the greenies are no longer in power and boots are being bought instead?
Letting someone keep more of their own money is never a “cost”.
These “solar farms” are all over my county. They are an appalling eyesore where nothings grows, nothing lives.
Another example of the government goliath forcing itself on the little people and enriching a few. The Soviets would be proud.
The feds and our local state game department are good at doing this as well. They buy up rural wilderness property from the ranchers and convert them to public use. The only tax revenue is from the the purchase and sale, after that they are taken off the tax rolls. Then they renege on the Payment In Lieu of Taxes agreement (PILT) and then force the county to renovate it. I was the County Engineer where this occurred and it was still unresolved for the 4 years I was there.
So, cut your county's spending by the half million or million, starting with employment of nonessential personnel. Provide the services that are needed, eliminate the "nice to have but we can live without" ones. Let the patrons of the "arts" PAY for the "arts".
And then do away with the subsidies to wind, solar, etc. Let 'em stand or fall on their own merit. Presto! You're a half million or million to the good, and can cut taxes! Win-win!
The Trump admin just put a punitive tariff on imported solar panels to benefit the one or two foreign owned domestic manufacturers.
Solar panels are about to get much more expensive so the amount of tax subsidies will grow. But hey at least we are creating good jobs right here in America.
When the subsidy dries up, they'll simply be very expensive dust attractors....
I’ve written this about religious groups getting tax abatement.
Losing property tax collections to a non-taxed entity isn’t really money lost. Real estate value is demand. Now, a religious institution like a church or even better a college raises demand, and therefore the sum real estate value in a jurisdiction. I doubt solar farms have that effect. But whatever loss of value they cause by taking land off the tax tables, they probably add an equal amount by increasing scarcity, and therefore value. This may not be helpful if the town reassesses your property, but it’s not lost tax revenue.
On the other hand, I’m not ENTIRELY sure that a solar farm doesn’t reduce demand.