Harry Reid Secured Subsidies for Aides’ Donors

Washington Free Beacon ^ | Mar 5, 2015 | Lachlan Markay

[Ray76]

Corporate donors to a green energy nonprofit operated by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s (D., Nev.) former staffers and a current campaign operative have received billions of dollars in federal loan guarantees and grant money as a result of Reid’s advocacy.

Fulcrum Bioenergy began contributing to the Clean Energy Project (CEP) in 2013. One year later, the Nevada Democrat steered tens of millions of dollars in federal grant money to the California biofuel company.

Fulcrum is one of at least nine corporate donors to the Clean Energy Project (CEP) that have secured federal financing for themselves or a client due in part to Reid’s behind-the-scenes advocacy—activity that watchdogs warn could be construed as unethical.

[tcrlaf]

It’s OK...
Nothing is against the law now, if Done-While-Democrat.

Just ask anybody at CNN/CBS/ABC/NBC/NPR/MSNBC/WashPost/NYTimes about this.

[RJS1950]

Billions you say! Yes, there definitely is much money to be made by tying your lips to democrat criminal’s asses.

[Red_Devil 232]

Are these Subsidies for Aides’ Donors, the homos, who give their Aides infection to others?

[Ray76]

From the article:

Reid pressured the Department of the Interior (DOI) to expedite permit approvals for Nevada green energy projects, according to the New York Times. Seven companies eventually received fast-track treatment from DOI, including Ormat, Nevada Geothermal, and CEP donors Abengoa, First Solar, and SolarReserve.

Take notice of First Solar

Background:

• BLM planning document for development of Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone, discusses use of Gold Butte as a mitigation area, to be funded by fees assessed on companies using Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone

  http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/wo/blm_library/tech_notes.Par.29872.File.dat/TN_444.pdf

• BLM announces auction for solar energy development in the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone

  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-05-3

• BLM announces results of bidding

  http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/info/newsroom/2014/june/southern_nevada__4.html

Of the six bids accepted three went to First Solar Development, LLC

You may recall that Gold Butte is the area on which Cliven Bundy cattle graze.

Reid pressured the Department of the Interior to fast track permits for First Solar, did Reid also pressure BLM to move against Bundy?

[Ray76]

ping

[Ray76]

Clean Energy Project partners:

• NV Energy
• Sempra US Gas & Power
• Toyota
• Valley Electric Association, Inc. (Touchstone Energy Cooperative)
• View
• Bombard Renewable Energy
• Cassidy and Associates
• Enel Green Power
• Solar City
• Fulcrum Bioenergy
• McDonald Carano Wilson
• Abengoa
• First Solar
• Lewis Roca Rothgerber
• Solar Energy Industry Association
• Solar Reserve
• SunEdison
• UPS

Source: http://www.cleanenergyprojectnv.org/partners-project

[Ray76]

Reid's official U.S. Senate website touts Reid's initiative for fast track development of solar energy projects on public land.

Senator Reid partnered with former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to establish a fast-track permitting process for clean energy development on public lands. The Bureau of Land Management modeled a competitive auction for renewable energy on public lands in Nevada from a leasing program that Senator Reid introduced in the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act. This auction generated $5.8 million in high bids. Finally, Senator Reid and Governor Sandoval jointly called for passage of SB 123 by the Nevada State Legislature, which is expanding renewable energy development in Nevada.

Reid's official campaign website excerpts a June 29, 2009 Las Vegas Sun article which also touts Reid's initiative for fast track development of solar energy projects on public land.

The article states "Maps of the Solar Energy Study Areas in Nevada, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah will be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday". The Federal Register (Vol. 74, No. 124, page 31307) on June 30, 2009 lists the notice from the BLM which states "maps of the solar energy study areas are available [] from the project Web site: http://solareis.anl.gov"

That website displays a map and lists the solar energy zones, one of which is the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone.

[Ray76]

"Non-Governmental Organizations have expressed concern that the regional mitigation strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone utilizes Gold Butte as the location for offsite mitigation for impacts from solar development, and that those restoration activities are not durable with the presence of trespass cattle." From deleted BLM webpage http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_programs/more/trespass_cattle/cattle_trespass_impacts.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3142972/posts?page=95#95

Here is a screen capture of google's cache of the deleted BLM webpage

[Ray76]

Cross reference to April 2014 threads re: Bundy Ranch

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3142972/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3144533/posts

[Ray76]

Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone Auction Selects Three Potential Developers

Las Vegas –The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today sought competitive bids to develop solar energy projects on up to approximately 3,083 acres of public land in in the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone (SEZ), located 15 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

Parcel Number	Size	Minimum  Bid	Successful Bid	Successful Bidder
One	712.2	$14,462	$780,000	Invenergy Solar Development, LLC
Two	222.8	$4,524	$880,000	First Solar Development, LLC
Three	758.7	$15,406	$1,320,000	First Solar Development, LLC
Four	729.0	$14,803	$1,460,000	First Solar Development, LLC
Five	507.7	$10,309	$1,175,000	NV Energy
Six	152.7	$3,101	$220,000	NV Energy

Source: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/info/newsroom/2014/june/southern_nevada__4.html

[Ray76]

First Solar also received millions of dollars in subsidies to sell solar panels to itself.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/1184251

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[Ray76]

Three of the four federal loan guarantees sought by First Solar were approved. The company received $1.88 billion for the 550-megawatt Desert Sunlight project in California; $680 million for the 230-megawatt Antelope Valley Solar Ranch I project in California, and $967 million for the 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar farm near Yuma. A fourth, Topaz in California, did not receive any DOE funding.

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2012/03/21/us-house-report-targets-first-solar.html?page=all

[Ray76]

Could the Chinese be financing the Reid’s solar project through donations to the Clinton Foundations....which is then laundered to Reid’s granddaughter?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3268404/posts?page=14#14