Windmill Leases
Lease or Option?

Windmill lease are long-term contracts that could affect your use of the property for many years. You should be aware of the terms in light of your personal goals for your property.

1. Who are the parties to the lease? Is the energy company that will operate the windmill the party or a middleman?
2. What rights are you retaining concerning- farming, commercial uses, hunting, etc.
3. Does the lease have a confidentiality clause? You may want to work with your area landowners and not have a restriction.
4. Windmill leases may have several phases which make them more like an option.
a. an evaluation phase, b a production phase, and c) an extension of the production phase.
5. How are you compensated during the phases? Based on what standard.
6. May the energy company assign your lease to another party? Are they released?
7. Property tax considerations based on the improvements- who pays?
8. What liabilities will you have for the new use of your property? Will you have insurance?
9. What other restrictions will you have on your property?
10. Where will the roads, power lines, buildings, etc. be constructed? What access will the lessee need to maintain them? Can they construct new ones?

In summary, these points are just a few of the concerns you may want to address in a windmill lease. Since each piece of property is unique you may want to go slow and evaluate the long-term implications of the lease.

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Kendall Laughlin, Attorney serves clients in the Dallas and Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex, including the cities of Dallas, Allen, Arlington, Bedford, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Denton, DeSoto, Duncanville, Euless, Farmers Branch, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Garland, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Greenville, Haltom City, Hurst, Irving, Lewisville, McKinney, Mesquite, North Dallas, Plano, Richardson, Rowlett, Sherman, The Colony, and the following counties: Collin County, Dallas County, Denton County, Grayson County, Hunt County, and Tarrant County>.