To fully understand how evil these foreign solar and wind corporations are, I need you to take some time out of your day today to read the screenshots attached below.
I anonymously received one of the solar contracts that was dispersed to landowners in the Flat Creek Solar project footprint, which is located in Montgomery County. Flat Creek, like every ORES project, received its final permit. It will irreversibly fragment and destroy the Amish community there, as well as the bald eagles that nest WITHIN the facility site (I documented that on here earlier this spring).
I'm not sure where to begin with how one-sided, crooked, and broad this contract is in favor of the developer.
It grants the developer broad rights to transmission facilities
poles, underground and overhead lines, communication systems, access roads, vehicles and equipment, and future replacement and reconstruction.
The easement is PERPETUAL! The contract is for 25-years, but if you read on, you see the developer has the right to extend it for 5-years at a time at will. That's how these contracts become 40-year leases that transfer our prime farmland into the hands of foreign countries.
Owner restrictions are shocking. On page 4-5, the owner agrees not to interfere with the easement, build structures that affect it, use the property in ways that could impact developer operations, or impose restrictions that impair the easement.
Page 6 contains a "Taking" provision. If eminent domain occurs, the developer receives compensation for damage to its facilities
and the developer may receive compensation for loss of use and business interests. The developer also retains significant rights regarding the award... many landowners don't realize they will be sharing condemnation proceeds with an easement holder!
And don't forget the gag order.
It says the owner agrees to keep confidential: the agreement itself, information regarding the developer's operations, information regarding the developer's project, and "any other information" provided by the developer that is designated confidential.
If you can think, for a single moment, that this is about saving the environment and the climate, you need to read through this contract below.
This is foreign corporate pillaging and intimidation waged against the rural towns that safeguard our best farmland in New York State.