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County authorizes limited start on 55 Brown Road solar project to protect federal tax credits
Summary
Faced with Cornell lease amendments and new insurance requests, the Tompkins County Legislature authorized limited construction at 55 Brown Road with Cornell’s consent to preserve roughly $300,000 in federal clean-energy tax credits and instructed administration to return with a negotiated lease amendment for legislative approval.
Tompkins County legislators on Dec. 16 authorized the county administrator to begin limited construction on a planned solar array at 55 Brown Road so the county can meet a construction-in-beginning deadline tied to federal clean-energy tax credits.
County administration told the legislature that Cornell, the ground-lease holder for the industrial-park parcel, requested additional insurance and lease provisions while negotiations continue.…
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