Lipscomb to address Kerr Dam purchase
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Lipscomb to address Kerr Dam purchase
POLSON — Brian Lipscomb, CEO, Energy Keepers, will talk about the Tribe’s purchase of Kerr Dam, the marketing of electricity, and how it may affect the tax base of Lake County and Polson School District at the Friday, May 22 Lake County Pachyderm meeting.
With Tribal ownership, $978,179 will be removed from Lake County property taxes of which $619,847 supports the local schools where which about 30 percent of the students are Native American. So far the Tribe has been circumspect about what they plan to do about the taxation issue. Energy Keepers has contracted with an out-of-state company to market their energy. As this Tribal-owned energy moves across interstate transmission lines will it be subject to taxation as is other energy? Lipscomb might address this at the meeting at the Polson Rural Fire Department building near the Fairgrounds at noon. Everyone is invited to attend.
