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Commissioners extend power plant agreement
BY JD LONG (jim@harrisonnewsherald.com)
CADIZ—With all the recent activity swirling around solar and magnesium companies taking up space on Industrial Park Road, the Harrison Power Plant has taken a back seat. But signs have trickled in over the past year, hinting that the power plant is still coming.
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On Wednesday, the Harrison County commissioners agreed (in Amendment 32-18) to extend an original enterprise zone tax agreement from 2018 that stated the plant would be completed by 2021. The amendment now extends that agreement to 2024.
Commissioner Dale Norris read the agreement explaining that the 15-year “real property tax exemption” would begin on Dec. 31, 2025 and run till 2040. Commissioner Paul Coffland explained they received communication from Bricker & Eckler, the legal firm working with the county in its communications with EmberClear (the company backing the proposed power plant).
“When the original agreement was signed for the PILOT, we had projected construction timelines and tax exemption start and end dates,” Coffland said. He added that the agreement extension was simply adjusting the timelines including the exemption period.
