Palouse Wind could pay $100,000 in permit costs

Permitting First Wind’s proposed wind farm on Naff Ridge and Granite Butte could result in up to $100,000 in cost reimbursement from the applicant.

An agreement under consideration by both the county and Palouse Wind, the offshoot company created by First Wind for the project, lays out permitting costs the company will pay.

County code requires applicants looking to permit projects pay for the costs incurred in the permit process. On smaller projects, that cost is capped at $800.

That code was revised in June to require applicants of projects valued at more than $5,000,000 pay the costs of sta...