03/23/2026 Assessment Community Weekly

Tentative railroad ceilings

We’ve issued tentative railroad ceilings to all municipalities with property subject to the ceilings. We have emailed or mailed the notice to all impacted municipalities and companies.

Note: We equalize the ceiling values before we issue them. You should not multiply the value by the equalization rate.

Questions? Please email ORPTS.Railroads@tax.ny.gov.

Final reminder: The draft 2026 solar and wind appraisal model is available for public comment

On Thursday, January 22, we published a draft 2026 Solar and Wind Appraisal Model for public comment. The draft model is available at Appraisal methodology for solar and wind energy projects (ny.gov) along with a user guide.

We will accept comments on the draft 2026 model through tomorrow, March 24, 2026. You can email comments to renewables.model.comments@tax.ny.gov. After we review and consider all timely comments, we will publish a final model for 2026 assessment rolls. If you wish to comment, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible.

Summary of changes to draft 2026 model:

• Revenue forecasts, expense forecasts, and discount rates have been updated.
• Hybrid solar and storage battery facilities have been added.
• Wind capacity factors have been slightly revised.