Posted on 08/30/2016 6:08:30 AM PDT by Cheerio
Service awarded $334 million contract for solar power without proper controls
The U.S. Navy handed out a $334 million contract for solar power without having a good way to determine whether the project would be cost effective.
The Pentagon’s inspector general recently audited three of the Navy’s large-scale renewable energy projects at installations supervised by the U.S. Pacific Command, finding that federal employees tasked with carrying out cost-effectiveness assessments of these projects did not have the documentation to back up their calculations or conclusions.
The Navy has not provided “comprehensive guidance” for evaluating the cost effectiveness of the six large-scale renewable energy projects in the region, according to the inspector general report issued last week. The Pentagon and the Navy also do not have a “formal written definition” of cost effectiveness for large-scale renewable energy projects.
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This sort of bureaucratic ineptitude is what bankrupt several Chinese dynasties. It will do the same to ours.
143 days until President Trump kills all the stupid F’n ideas.
um.. because they dont.
What you've said reminds me of the Marble Boat, built by the Chinese in the 18th century, and rebuilt by the Doager Empress in the 19th with funds that were intended for the Imperial Navy.
<<< .. federal employees tasked with carrying out cost-effectiveness assessments of these projects... >>>
There’s the problem.
Everyone already knows the answer to the question of whether or not the solar project is cost saving. To maintain the corporate welfare to the solar energy company you just don’t ask the question.
Likely the decision had already been made and they had to write an analysis to suit. Not a surprise that it lacks an appropriate performance metric; you couldn’t include one and still still reach the conclusion that had already been decided on. Better just to leave it out.
Whoever said green projects save money? They are all subsidized because they lose money.
The whole green military iniative is a sick joke. There is now mandatory training in green lies.
If they saved money they would not need gummint subsidies. What these projects really are is a way to funnel taxpayer money to private companies which will then turn around and donate to the politicians that created and promoted the scheme.
Mark
As planned, drats those pesky IG's. I guess Odunga got confused what agencies didn't have IG's
I can hear Valjar now "you fricking jug eared moron, I told you we had State wrapped around our finger, not Defense"
It’s not much consolation that while China and Russia are shooting the sh*t out of us, we’ll be able to crow that the environmental impact of our rounds is lower and the social justice profile of our fags and women in uniform is higher.
Chinese manufacturers will get a big chunk of that and indirectly use the windfall to build China's military. Thanks libtards! Remember that the big city libtard concentration camps are all on China's nuclear target list. That's called energy efficiency.
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