Questions
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Because it is the most instructive thing that has happened to Wisconsin landowners in this area, and pretending otherwise would insult you. Farm ground was assembled for a project that did not arrive at the scale announced. It is the reason to ask any party, including us, what happens to your land if the plan changes.
It should say clearly what happens to your ground when the option expires or is not exercised, that it returns to you unencumbered, and what if anything you keep. If that is not written plainly in the document, that is the thing to take to your attorney first rather than the price.
Substantially. At 50,000 people or fewer a project needs 50 million dollars of investment to qualify. Above 100,000 it needs 150 million. That is a threefold difference and it works in favour of rural Wisconsin.
The exemption does not apply automatically. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has to certify the project, and spending before the certification date does not qualify. It matters to you because it is a real source of delay in a developer's timeline, and it is a fair thing to ask about when somebody quotes you dates.
We Energies covers the southeast, Wisconsin Public Service the northeast, Alliant the south and west, Xcel the northwest, with cooperatives and municipal utilities filling in a great deal besides. Whoever it is owns the connection and controls how fast capacity can be added. Your bill names them.
Do not sign and do not treat a deadline in the letter as binding. Establish whether they are buying for themselves or for a party they have not named, and ask what happens if the project does not proceed. Have a Wisconsin attorney read it. All of that applies to a letter from us as much as from anyone.
Often nothing. Plenty of arrangements involve part of a property while the rest carries on in production. Raise it in the first conversation rather than assuming, and we would rather you did.
Tell us about your property. There is no cost and no obligation. If it does not fit, we will tell you plainly.
These take about two minutes. Skip anything you do not know. Guessing is fine.
Thank you. We will review the property and come back to you with a plain answer either way, including if it does not fit.