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Emails Show White House Exerted Pressure for DOE Loan to Abound Solar

Submitted by Paul Chesser on Mon, 10/29/2012 - 10:03

The claim that the many beneficiaries (like Solyndra and Fisker Automotive) of President Obama’s green energy stimulus program received their millions of taxpayer dollars based on measurable metrics rather than political favoritism has always been undermined by the circumstantial evidence, but documents obtained by Complete Colorado indicate the White House applied direct pressure to its own Department of Energy to reward (another) one of its allies.

Duke Power Plant Boondoggle to Cost Customers Plenty

Submitted by Paul Chesser on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 09:36

A $3.3 billion coal gasification and carbon dioxide capture power plant owned by Duke Energy, built in order to pacify concerns over the fake global warming scare, will increase rates for its Indiana customers by 14.5 percent the next two years.

Taxpayer-Funded Abound Solar Had Previous Shutdown; Lobbyist Promoted Failed Projects

Submitted by Paul Chesser on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 10:47

A Department of Energy-funded solar company that laid off 280 workers last week quietly imposed a mandatory, temporary cessation of its operations during the holidays, and warned employees to “not let the rumor mill create false purposes for this shut down.” And in another sign of potential financial troubles, a company document that is supposed to guide “the next great solar company” advises leadership to “stretch payables” to help attain its goals.

GM-Funded EV Company Gives Up on DOE Loan, Ends Operations

Submitted by Paul Chesser on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 11:03

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In administrating its stimulus-fed loan and grants programs, the Department of Energy has been accused of incompetence, carelessness, recklessness, and cronyism. Now it can add inconsistency to those distinguishing characteristics.

Taxpayer Cash for Ener1 Helped a Thrice-Failed Foreign EV Company

Submitted by Paul Chesser on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 09:49

Think City car Last week yet another treasured Obama administration “Green” energy company – electric vehicle battery manufacturer Ener1 – went bankrupt, after having been granted $118 million in stimulus funds in August 2009. But the gift did more than just sustain it and subsidiary EnerDel; the cash enabled the company to bail out what would be its top customer, a Norwegian electric car company that had already been drained of cash on at least three previous occasions.

Indiana Official Indicted After Improper Duke Energy Interactions

Submitted by Paul Chesser on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 07:50

The former head of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, who was fired in October 2010 by Gov. Mitch Daniels for improper contact with top officials at troubled Duke Energy, has been indicted.

Duke Energy CEO Rogers Wants Taxpayer Bailout for Edwardsport Boondoggle

Submitted by Paul Chesser on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 09:27

Rogers and windmill A scandal that won’t go away for Duke Energy CEO James Rogers revealed over the weekend, once again, that he will turn over every government rock he can to try to find money to pay for his irrational Green agenda, with reckless disregard for taxpayers and his customers.

Edwardsport Scandal Dogs Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers

Submitted by Paul Chesser on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 11:50

Jim Rogers photo The Indianapolis Colts’ loss of future Hall-of-Fame quarterback Peyton Manning (neck surgeries) has led to a winless (0-7) season so far, which places the team in the lead for the No. 1 overall pick in next year’s NFL draft. By unanimity football experts project Stanford University quarterback Andrew Luck – considered by many the best to emerge from the draft in many years – to be the top prize, so the “competition” to fail in order to attain the top choice has been deemed the “Suck for Luck” sweepstakes.

Indiana Legislators Flee State to Cut Off Right to Work Vote

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 16:56

Indiana legislature It's becoming a trend: Democratic members of a state legislature, rather than risk defeat in a roll call vote, take flight and hide in a nearby state. Last week all Democrats in the Wisconsin Senate fled en masse to Illinois in order to block a quorum on a GOP proposal to rein in public employee compensation. No doubt inspired by this turn of events, virtually all Democrats in the Indiana House of Representatives on Tuesday morning staged their own exodus in order to prevent a vote on a Right to Work bill. The whereabouts of the Indiana lawmakers, like their Wisconsin brethren, remain unknown. Whenever they come out of hiding, the damage these lawmakers and their union allies are doing to democratic process is going to linger a lot longer.