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Developer pitches 525‑MW Cedar Valley solar project, seeks 69% tax abatement over 15 years
Summary
Clean Era presented plans for a 525 MW solar array with 262.5 MW of storage in Cedar Valley and asked Utah County to consider a 69% tax abatement over 15 years; interconnection and a power‑purchase agreement remain pending, and county revenue projections were described as preliminary.
Eric Demeray, senior development project manager with Clean Era, told the Utah County Commission during a work session that his company is proposing a large utility‑scale solar‑plus‑storage facility in Cedar Valley that he said would be among the largest in Utah if built.
Demeray said the project area encompasses a little over 4,000 acres while the final facility footprint will be smaller; he described the planned generating capacity as 525 megawatts of solar with 262.5 megawatts of storage and an estimated construction cost of about $800 million. "If we build this facility, it will be the largest solar facility in the state of Utah," Demeray said at the meeting.
The developer told commissioners the project site is adjacent to a high‑voltage transmission line and that the team expects to interconnect there. Demeray said the project has completed…
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