Direct Impacts Payments to Landowners: - $2.7 million/year Local Propert Tax REvenue: - $15.8 million/year Construction Phase: -1,555 new jobs -$188.5 million to local economis Operational Phase: -252 new long term jobs -$21.2 million/year to local economies
Indirect and Induced Impacts Construction Phase: -1,475 new jobs -$129.8 million to local economies Operational Phase: -273 local jobs -$25.3 million/year to local economies
Totals (construction + 20 years) Total Economic Benefit: $1.3 billion New Local Jobs During Construction: 3,030 New Local Long- term Jobs: Jobs: 525
Wind Energy's Economic "Ripple Effect"