Lower your electric bill and save Kilarc

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is in town, but it's not just about fish, fishing or a picnic spot at tiny Kilarc Reservoir above Whitmore.

We're talking about $14.5 million to destroy two perfectly good hydropower facilities. We face an unknown cost to replace 4.8 megawatts of green hydropower.

If this proceeds, hundreds of thousands of dollars could be wasted on litigation. And if these hydropower facilities are destroyed, a new water diversion must be built at a huge extra cost just to make nine adjudicated water rights users (our neighbors off South Cow Creek Road) whole.

All of this cost will be borne by you, the ratepayer, when your electric bill goes up!

Needlessly! All this money plus Kilarc Reservoir could be saved and fish habitat improved if FERC, PG&E and our resource agencies come to their senses.

Eventually FERC must decide whether to demolish the existing PG&E facilities or to allow one or two entrepreneurs to take control of them.

If you want to save Kilarc, stop this waste of green hydropower, avoid unnecessary demolition costs and expenses for water rights litigation that are sure to follow in your electric bill, attend these meetings.

Sincerely,

Frank Galusha,

Shingletown