Questions

Questions landowners ask us

If your question is not here, send it with the form at the bottom of this page and we will answer it directly.

Why does a fifty year exemption matter to me?

Because it changes the behaviour of the party across the table. A developer planning to hold a site for decades cares far more about getting the land right than about getting it cheaply, which favours a landowner with a genuinely good place. It also means the commitments they ask for tend to be longer, so read the documents accordingly.

Does my county's population affect this?

Below the very largest tier, yes. What a project has to invest scales with county population, running from roughly 25 million to 150 million dollars over five years. Rural Indiana sits at the accessible end of that range.

How many acres do you need?

There is no fixed number, but Indiana is a state where scale matters more than most, because the projects that have chosen it have tended to be very large. A single substantial contiguous block is worth disproportionately more here than the same acreage in pieces.

Who serves my power and why do you ask?

Indiana is divided among five investor-owned utilities with distinct territories, plus electric membership corporations across much of the countryside. Whoever serves you owns the connection and controls how fast capacity can be added, which is why it is the first thing we look up. Your bill names them.

I have heard the tax break is controversial. Is it?

Yes, and we would rather you heard it from us. The state has disclosed substantial forgone revenue since 2019 and reporting has noted how concentrated the benefit has been. That argument is live and it will come up at a county meeting whether or not anybody warns you first.

Somebody wrote to me about my ground. What should I do?

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. Have an Indiana attorney read it before you agree to anything, which applies to a letter from us just as much as anyone else.

What happens to the rest of the farm?

Frequently nothing. Many arrangements involve a portion of a property while the remainder carries on in production. Raise it in the first conversation rather than assuming, and we would far rather you did.

Ask us about your land

Tell us about your property. There is no cost and no obligation. If it does not fit, we will tell you plainly.

A rough number is fine. If you are not sure, write not sure.

Does the property have electric service now?
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