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Developer outlines Dan’s Mountain Wind PILOT proposal, county staff backs draft agreement

Allegany County Board of Commissioners · December 19, 2024
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Summary

Clearway Energy introduced a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) pilot for the Dan’s Mountain Wind Project, proposing a 15% discount on personal-property taxes to secure a predictable revenue stream (roughly $860,000/year). County finance staff said the terms were reasonable and SDAT had no comments.

Nick Benjamin of Clearway Energy Group told Allegany County commissioners the Dan’s Mountain Wind Project has been in development for two decades and is now under construction. He described the company’s proposal for a pilot payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) that would apply to the project’s personal-property portion and create a predictable, prescribed stream of payments to…

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