"Such easy access to the public's purse"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Inland Empire, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) December 7, 2011 --

Inland Empire, CA, December 07, 2011 -- On November 28, 2011, CAlifornians for Renewable Energy (CARE) and Michael Boyd filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Case# 1:11-cv-02128; to challenge more than two dozen alleged federal loan guarantees illegally issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under Section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate 26 loan guarantees for utility-scale renewable-energy projects, including guarantees to the now-bankrupt Solyndra Inc. and Beacon Corporation, because allegedly DOE issued them before putting in place regulations that would enable it to properly vet projects and make sure they are unlikely to fail.

“No matter how you feel about federal loan guarantees as a matter of policy, the reality is that Congress passed a law prohibiting DOE from issuing guarantees until it put regulations in place to protect the taxpayer from Section 1705 projects with no realistic chance of success,” alleged Cory Briggs, the attorney for the plaintiffs.

“The Solyndra and Beacon bankruptcies are Exhibit A for why DOE should have issued regulations before putting taxpayers on the hook.”

Michael Boyd, the president of CARE and a plaintiff, lamented the way that big business with connections to the White House under Presidents Bush and Obama where given such easy access to the public’s purse. He describes the loan guarantees as “corporate cronyism at its worst.” CARE works to promote public education concerning renewable energy and has been a consistent advocate for environmentally and community-sensitive energy projects that reduce greenhouse gases and that are commercially viable without inappropriate taxpayer subsidies.

For more information about the CARE suit, please visit http://www.calfree.com/Stimulus Complaint.pdf. For more information about the lawsuit, please contact Cory Briggs at 909-949-7115 or at info(at)briggslawcorp(dot)com.

Robert Lundahl, Freshwater Bay Pictures, LLC, P.O. Box 429, Solana Beach, CA 92075, Phone: (415) 205-3481. Email: robert(at)studio-rla(dot)com

Cory J. Briggs, Briggs Law Corporation, San Diego County: 814 Morena Boulevard, Suite 107, San Diego, CA 92110, Inland Empire: 99 East "C" Street, Suite 111, Upland, CA 91786, Telephone: 619-221-9280 (San Diego), 909-949-7115 (Inland Empire), E-mail: cory(at)briggslawcorp(dot)com

Contact :
Michael E. Boyd
President
Californians for Renewable Energy, Inc. (CARE)
5439 Soquel Drive
Soquel, CA 95073
408-891-9677
michaelboyd@sbcglobal.net
http://www.calfree.com/ 

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The projects are listed here:

https://lpo.energy.gov/?page_id=45

Four of these are wind projects including Angus King-Yale Endowmnent's "Record Hill" and First Wind's "Kahuku Wind Power". There is also one transmission project that looks as if it may benefit wind power development. I believe the following PDF may describe this project:

SWIP_Assessment_Nov_2008.pdf

Should anyone wish to contact the Briggs Law Corporation, I believe their contact information is as follows:

Cory J. Briggs     
Briggs Law Corporation     
San Diego County: 
814 Morena Boulevard, Suite 107, 
San Diego, CA 92110     
Inland Empire: 99 East "C" Street, Suite 111, 
Upland, CA 91786     
Telephone: 619-221-9280 (San Diego), 909-949-7115 (Inland Empire) 
E-mail: cory@briggslawcorp.com

(And see info at above press release as well).