Impacts
On this page we summarize how the LEAPS project and trasmissions can negatively affect our community, Lake Elsinore, and Cleveland National Forest
Action you can take to help stop LEAPS
Why LEAPS is not economically viable
What credible persons and agencies say
Lies, Inaccuracies, and Misleading Statements
Impacts
Costs to the Community
The LEAPS project will lose $120 million per year, and so the Lake Elsinore City Treasurer, Pete Weber, cites costs to the City to restore the lake in this article by The Californian:
Treasurer calls for city to stand up to hydro plant proposal, The Californian, 3 January 07
Fire Risks
The effect of the transmission lines is explained in this article by The Californian
Official says power line poses fire risk for all, The Californian 7 April 02,
290-acre fire near Lake Elsinore contained), The Californian, 13 Nov. 02
San Diego Wild Fires Education Project
Photograph of fire aftermath in San Diego
Summary of fire risks posed by transmission line to Lakeland Village and Wildomar:
For more information, see Impacts on Wildomar.
For copy of this illustration:
Map of transmission line segment (PDF, 239 kb);
Route shown in relation to recent fires (PDF, 241 kb)
Diagram summarizing the fire risk posed by the transmission lines (See also Fire in Lakeland Village, 12 November 2006)
Aesthetics
See a view of the towers as the will appear from Palomar Road.
See a comparison between our visual simulation and one from the FEIS.
