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Appraiser testifies to no measurable property-value decline; expert warns battery-storage precedent is limited
Summary
Kirkland Appraisals’ Mark Pomykacz told the Edgar County Board his analysis of Illinois sales data and assessor responses found no measurable decline in nearby residential values tied to comparable solar farms, but he cautioned that battery energy storage is a newer technology with less sale-history data.
Mark Pomykacz, an MAI and accredited appraiser working with Kirkland Appraisals LLC, testified that his team conducted a broad review of literature, assessor surveys and paired/matched-sales comparisons using Illinois sales data to estimate whether nearby property values decline after solar facilities are built.
Pomykacz described multiple analytic techniques used for the assignment, including peer literature review, assessor surveys and paired-sales (matching nearby sales to comparable…
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