With all the windmill farms that have sprung up here in Illinois over the last 10 years -- including the newest one (Maroa) just 4 miles northwest of our home -- I found this an interesting read:
GIVING AWAY THE (WIND) FARM
The nearly $1 billion Flat Ridge project, built in two phases and owned in part by British Petroleum, spans 70,000 acres near the Oklahoma border in south-central Kansas. But unlike most other Kansas businesses, Flat Ridge pays no property taxes on its generators to fund local schools and other services.
In its rush to attract wind farms, some of which are owned by wealthy foreign-based corporations such as BP, Kansas offered them something no other state has: lifetime exemptions from local property taxes — the lifeblood of local school funding.
Link to the full story:
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt