Farmers and rural landowners with a solar or battery offer
Free review of a solar, battery or wind lease offer: payment terms, term and renewals, decommissioning and the tax questions to raise before you sign.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the NEPA environmental assessment door.
From public data
was the last day for wind and solar projects to begin construction and keep federal credits if placed in service after 2027
Source: IRS Notice 2025-42
Draft a NEPA environmental assessment and FONSI, or an EIS outline, that follows a reference document. Free to read; every unconfirmed fact is marked.
Questions
DOE says payments depend on project size, location and the terms you negotiate. They are usually a fixed annual or monthly fee per acre, or a percentage of the energy the panels generate.
They can. The wind and solar production and investment credits end for projects placed in service after December 31, 2027, unless construction began by July 4, 2026. Ask the developer when construction starts and how the deadline fits its schedule.
In Illinois, the standard solar agreement makes the owner give the county financial assurance for removal: 10% of the estimated cost by the first anniversary of operation, 50% by the sixth and 100% by the eleventh. Other states set their own rules, so check your lease.
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What are you proposing, and where?
Which water system is the plan for?
Where is the land you want to check?
Where is the site?
Which county, and how big is the project?
What is the project, and where?
Answer it and ePlan opens the NEPA environmental assessment door, which drafts the paperwork.