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Developer outlines three Jim Wells County solar projects, proposes pilot payments and road-use agreements
Summary
Representatives from Birch Creek Development presented plans for three utility-scale solar projects in Jim Wells County — Rag Horn, Beaverhead and Bandana — describing timelines, estimated investments and proposed pilot/tax-abatement payments and saying they will seek road-use agreements with the county.
Jim Wells County commissioners on Sept. 12 heard a presentation from Birch Creek Development about three planned utility-scale solar projects — Rag Horn, Beaverhead and Bandana — that the company says would be built in phases beginning in 2027 and would be owned and operated by Birch Creek.
Birch Creek project developer Anna Conley said the Rag Horn and Beaverhead projects are each “an approximately $68,000,000 investment” with construction starting in 2027 and completing in 2028. She said the Bandana project is larger, “about a $90,000,000 investment,” and would follow the first two projects. Conley estimated the three projects together represent about a $226,000,000 total investment in the county.
The company provided long-term tax estimates it said reflect 35-year projections: roughly $10 million to Alice Independent School District and about $4 million to Jim Wells County for the Rag Horn…
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