THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE ARTICLE BY JENNIFER BAILEY
Earthrise Energy solar project
Signs against solar farms can be seen along Catlin-Tilton Road.
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CATLIN — With their moratorium on solar farms set to sunset at the end of April, the villages of Tilton and Catlin are looking to update their related zoning regulations — while the company behind a long-proposed project is anxiously looking on.
Tilton’s village board has scheduled a special meeting Thursday to address utility-scale solar projects. Catlin officials are expected to follow suit in the next few weeks.
Meanwhile, Earthrise Energy’s proposed solar-farm project, which would occupy about 1,000 acres along Catlin-Tilton Road, still needs zoning approvals from the two villages. The company announced Monday it has signed a letter of intent with the Salt Fork school district outlining a future tax abatement agreement “that will provide earlier access to more than $3.5 million in expected property tax revenue within the first two years of the solar project’s operation.”
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