■Highway 2 traffic, already extremely congested at times, would be halted for construction vehicles and equipment for three years. Businesses relying on Highway 2 traffic concerned for their livelihoods.
■The economic value doesn’t add up and the power generated would cost 3.5 times the power on the open market
■SnoPUD’s hydro track record with new hydro is poor – Youngs Creek lost over a million dollars last year and applied to FERC for financial exemption because of the loss, which puts part of the cost of their losses on taxpayers.
■Power generation curve of the dam project based on river flows is almost exactly the opposite of power demand in Snohomish County
■The hydro project would only generate at capacity in the spring, when there is a surplus of energy in the Northwest, and demand is at its lowest.
■With the except of December, project would produce minimal or no power during peak power demand
■SnoPUD’s recent acquisition of a certificate to sell renewable power to California concerns Washingtonians who don’t want state’s protected resources sold off to our states
■Homeowners would be forced off their land via eminent domain
■If a dam is allowed on a State Scenic Waterway and NPCC protected area for such a small amount of power, no river is safe from dams.
■SnoPUD has misrepresented data and level of opposition to media and FERC