Golden Fleece Award – Issue #48
Sunday, September 29, 2013
“Most people looking at this with just common sense would say this smells”
– Rep. Jason Conger, R-Bend
We say this Golden Fleece, awarded to the Oregon Dept. of Energy, smells worse than a soggy sheep! And it cost you an extra $20 million!
A wind farm was at the time eligible for a single $10 million Oregon tax credit. But Caithness Energy, being a lot smarter than your public servants in the ODE, sliced Shepherd Flats wind farm into three separate units and made off with a cool $30 million of your bucks.
ODE geniuses didn’t notice that: the three “units” were adjacent; had a common parent company; and had similar names & a common connection to the grid.
Your State Government – Ever watchful of your tax dollars!
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