This has been a harried and hectic week for Rogue River Wind, what with moving the prototype fabrication to our new location and keeping abreast of the progress of the Western Oregon Wind project. Unofficial reports from Washington indicate that the WOW project has crossed another hurdle and is moving forward in the Senate, however, I state this with some trepidation as I have not been able to get ‘official’ confirmation before we go to press.
Other funding opportunities for WOW, which will provide an additional $2 million added revenue for local school districts per year, are being explored at the State level as we speak. The outlook is still good for funding in this upcoming fiscal budget cycle but it will be weeks before I will be able to report anything definitive.
It is not for lack of effort, however, as this project and the myriad technical and financial and regulatory mazes a project of this scope must go through are very time consuming. The benefits of investing in our children, however, make the effort and the expense well worth it.
Thank you to everyone that has exerted so much effort to help us get this far in the process and who have offered to facilitate the long list of bureaucratic steps looming ahead of us. The plan is to put a website chronicling this project from start to finish and encourage suggestions, feedback and provide a list of tasks people may volunteer to do, if they have the time and ability. The address will be published when the site is available.
