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Commission approves annual increment payments for 11 solar projects; Red Hills payment made conditional
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The commission approved 2025 annual increment payments for 11 solar and community reinvestment-area projects but made the Red Hills Renewables payment conditional on coming into compliance with vegetation/dust controls; applicants must submit documentation by April 1 to qualify.
The Iron County Commission, meeting as the Iron County Community Development and Renewal Agency, approved annual increment payments for multiple solar projects and community reinvestment areas after staff confirmed most projects met post-performance requirements.
“Those solar projects to obtain their post performance incentives, they’re required to do a few things ... develop the facilities, pay their fees, pay their ad valorem taxes, and then they have to remain in compliance with their conditional use permit,” David Johnson told the commission, noting the county was still waiting on documentation from three projects and that all applicants must submit required materials before April 1.
Commissioners listed 11 projects on the agenda, including Red Hills Renewables, Burrell Solar, Buckhorn Solar, Cedar Valley Solar, Fiddlers Canyon Solar, Enterprise Solar, Granite Mountain Solar East and West, Iron Spring Solar, Sun Edition Phase 1, and Appaloosa Solar 1. After staff raised complaints from neighbors about dust and vegetation at Red Hills, the commission approved payments for all listed projects but made the Red Hills payment contingent on the project coming into compliance with the vegetation and dust mitigation conditions.
The approval was framed as an administrative yearly action to release increment payments to qualifying projects; staff said they would follow up with Red Hills Renewables to ensure the issue is resolved before final payment.
