This is from John Arkoosh, one of the organizers of the group pushing against these projects:
During the RAC tour the other day I told Luke Papez that since he was so proud of LS Powers self projected financial benefit to our little towns, that he should also share what subsidies and benefits they would receive from us the taxpayer. He acted incredulous as he told me that they would not receive any subsidies at all not one dime. I asked him if the would receive production tax credits. He acknowledged that they would but said it wasn’t a subsidy because they wouldn’t get a check. I did finally get him to admit that they would in fact receive 2.6 cents a kilowatt hour for their production which is currently planned to be 1200 megawatts for Lava Ridge. This amounts to $273,312,000 annual dollar for dollar tax credits. Which is the same as money in their pockets.
He can come up with all kinds of questionable projections to convince you of all the wonderful benefits of these projects, but seems to draw a blank when asked about the negative impact.
For $4,000,000 a year in taxes to Idaho
And $15,000,000 in right of way fees to the federal government.
They get in return:
$273,000,000 tax credits
1200 megawatts of power to sell to Southern California
70,000 acres of your land to permanently deface
Year round hunting rights on eagles,song birds bats, and monarch butterflies.
Your deer,elk and antelope.
Your sunrises and sunsets as well as your nighttime skies.
Your peace and quiet.
Your county roads.
Your cultural and historical sites.
And the list goes on.
Luke also proudly shared with me that all of this was being done to benefit two men on the east coast named Mike and Paul Segal, the owners of LS Power.
Here is quote from Paul for your reading enjoyment.
We will need to jump beyond the current financing model to get to where we need to go,” Segal said in an interview. “We think that there’s a place for us in getting control of great renewable-generation locations, and perhaps financing them and risk-managing them in a different way than what has been required of renewable developers over the course of the last 15 years.”
Here the breakdown. He plans to get CONTROL of your public lands, and FINANCE his little plan with your money!
Okay now times two for Salmon Falls.