Local taxing jurisdictions haven’t yet given up hope that the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm will come to fruition.
“The Town Council that’s in office currently is 100 percent behind the windmill project,” Hounsfield Supervisor Timothy W. Scee Sr. said. “We’re still hoping for it and the potential revenue.”
Town residents and officials alike still support the 246-megawatt project, he said. A $54 million payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement was approved in 2010, which would have included about $8.2 million for the town.
“The community leaders have been talking to our state representatives, in hopes that we could persuade some of the officials on Galloo Island,” Mr. Scee said. “We’ve got our fingers crossed to hope they can see a way to provide the project with a” power purchase agreement.
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