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Judge finds Real Property Tax Law —575-b unconstitutional; Lewis County staff say current wind and solar assessments stand
Summary
Lewis County assessment staff reported a state court decision finding Real Property Tax Law —575-b unconstitutional and said county assessors have not been using the state's appraisal model for existing wind projects, shielding current assessment values from the model's reductions.
Real Property Tax Assessment staff told the Lewis County Board of Legislators that a state court has declared Real Property Tax Law —575-b unconstitutional, a decision county staff said protects local assessors' traditional valuation authority for large solar and wind projects.
Why it matters: The state's appraisal model — a discounted-cash-flow approach included in RPTL —575-b that many counties and assessors had criticized for reducing assessed values of renewable-energy projects — had been rolled out by the Department of Tax and Finance and applied to projects over 1 megawatt. A court ruling in favor of Schoharie County, filed May 2024 and decided by Judge James Farrell in a 24-page order received by Lewis County staff, found the…
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