What is the cost to taxpayers to building this power station?
Building this power station will not cost taxpayers one cent. Swift River Energy Limited is a privately owned company that will be responsible for incurring all the costs associated with building this small hydroelectric power station Like the price of any manufactured product, it includes the cost of its production and the cost of the equipment and facilities required to make it. In keeping with generally accepted accounting principles, these costs are recovered over the anticipated life of that equipment.
