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Sunday 22 November 2020
22 Nov 2020 Posted by SR Editor Comments: 0 Views: 
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How Solar Farm Developers Keep Neighbors From Complaining
How Solar Farm Developers Keep Neighbors From Complaining

Have you ever wondered why it is so hard to find neighbors from complaining about having solar farms being built next to their property.

Well, in many cases, just follow the money. It turns out that solar companies are paying neighbors off, to keep them from complaining. There are even cases where Solar Companies have bought neighbors property for top dollars, in order to stop a lawsuit from shedding light on the problems and complaints.

So, the question many of us should be asking is WHY are solar companies so determined to spend such large amounts of money around, just to keep citizens from complaining about having an Industrial Solar Plant next door?

If you are not familiar with the term “Industrial Solar Project” vs a “Solar Farm”, let me explain. There is no difference. Many people will refer to them as a Solar Farm, however, they are not farming, or growing crops. When you take from 1,000 acres to over 10,000 acres of good farm land or forests and use dozers to convert it over to land that you can use to install tens of thousands or even millions of solar panels, you are not GROWING anything and the only thing you are RAISING will be the electrical rates for every home in our country.

Now, as to an example of how solar companies keep neighbors quiet about how devastating these Industrial Solar Plants are, we are including a portion of a Good Neighbor Agreement that is currently being used.


Solar Farm Good Neighbor Agreements

These are legal gag orders, paying off neighbors and preventing them from making any complaints about solar farms or industrial solar plants.

Below is the partial text of an actual Neighbor Agreement that was offered by a solar farm developer.

NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT

D. The Owner is eligible for this Agreement because *** has determined that the Project Property is located on *** or more sides of the Owner`s residential Property.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. Cooperation.
Owner shall fully support and cooperate with ***`s development, construction, and operation of the Project, including in ***`s efforts to obtain from any governmental authority or any other person or entity any environmental impact review, permit, entitlement, approval, authorization, or other rights necessary or convenient in connection with the Project. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in connection with any application by *** for a governmental permit, approval, authorization, entitlement or other consent related to the Project, Owner agrees not to oppose, in any way, whether directly or indirectly, any such application or approval at any administrative, judicial, or legislative level.

2. Consideration.
All terms in this Section 2 shall be subject to Owner complying with this Agreement. *** shall pay Owner a signing payment of Two Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($2,000.00) within 45 days after the Effective Date. Within 45 days of the date when *** begins construction of vertical improvements for the Project and is diligently pursuing construction of the Project (such date being the "Construction Commencement Date"), *** shall pay Owner a one-time additional payment of Fifteen Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($15,000.00).

4. Confidentiality.
Owner shall hold in confidence all information related to this Agreement and the Project (collectively, the "Confidential Information"). Owner shall not use any such Confidential Information for its own benefit, publish or otherwise disclose such Confidential Information to others, or permit the use of such Confidential Information by others for their benefit or to the detriment of ***. Owner may disclose Confidential Information to brokers, accountants and attorneys so long as such parties agree to not disclose the Confidential Information.

8. Successors and Assigns.

All provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of *** and Owner, and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, and personal representatives. *** may freely assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement without Owner`s prior written consent; provided, however, that any such assignee is an owner or operator of the Project.

If you would like to see the complete document, please click on the link below.

All names have been removed in order to protect the citizens involved in disclosing this information.

However we intentionally left the dollar amount in, so that any Judas that is willing to sell out their neighbors and community for 30 pieces of silver, as least knows they can get more then 10 or 20 pieces of silver.

Personally, I can not imagine taking cash in return for selling out my children’s and grandchildren’s right to complain or voice their opposition to any dangers or problems that may occur as a result of having a solar farm next to their home for the next 30 or 50 years.

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