Dana Gentry highlighted a significant issue in her June 8, 2023 piece in the Nevada Current where she examines the often surreptitious/suspicious nature surrounding funding projects that occur in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin, in this case projects authorized and undertaken on lands owned by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). This is related to one of the arguments the Tahoe Area Group is having with NV Energy and the USFS about the overzealous nature and lack of contractor oversight on the NV Energy Resiliency Corridor project (see attached letter). As Gentry mentions, "NV Energy is permitted to earn a profit on capital expenses as well as OMAG [operations, maintenance, administration and general] costs." This means that both NV Energy and the USFS get kickbacks from the sale of timber through their contractors on projects that purportedly are for "restoration" and "resiliency" but in reality are commercial logging projects. In fact, both entities have stated they need to take large trees out to make the project profitable. On top of this, both NV Energy and the USFS have received and will continue to receive money under the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act (SNPLMA) to the tune of $5 million as reported on Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's "LT Info" webpage. So, in addition to raising rates on Southern Nevadans to fund these projects, they're using SNPLMA money (from the sale of public lands in southern Nevada) that was intended to help "restore" Lake Tahoe. No wonder NV Energy and the USFS have an incentive to turn a blind eye to their contractors' overzealous tree removal. In addition, NV Energy's response to why they are not undergrounding wires near homes is that it is too expensive. We need those trees to fight climate change, not help NV Energy and the USFS profit from removing them. It's past time for some accountability.