By NANCY MADSEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009
The county Board of Legislators is probably most noted for what it did not do in its final session of 2009: vote on the proposed payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement for Galloo Island Wind Farm. Project developer Upstate NY Power Corp. has told the county it needs a PILOT passed by Dec. 31 to allow it time to get financing in order and start construction in 2010. The developer needs 5 percent of the project completed in 2010 to qualify for a 30 percent rebate through stimulus money.
County legislators are waiting for signs of a decision on the transmission line, which is not included in the PILOT. The developer applied to the Public Service Commission for a 50.6-mile transmission line that runs from the island to Henderson and then south through Ellisburg and other towns before connecting to the state grid in the town of Mexico. Hearings on the route in November raised fears that eminent domain would be necessary to site the line on the mainland through private property, including a large amount of farmland.
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