......On Monday House Republicans asked the Department of Energy for more information about the troubled green-tech program and the Ecotality company.
The information is needed to weigh the merits of Obama’s 2013 budget-request for $1 billion “National Community Deployment Challenge” program that would subsidize local governments’ support for green-tech vehicles.
“Details of the President’s initiative are severely lacking… it is imperative that Congress receive further details on this proposal,” said a March 26 letter from Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, the Republican chairman of the House science committee’s panel on energy and environment.
Harris’ letter to the Energy Department Secretary Steven Chu also demanded more information about Ecotality, whose charging stations for electric autos — such as the stalled Volt — might be funded by the proposed $1 billion NCDC program.....
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/27/house-gop-eyes-another-possible-green-tech-scandal/#ixzz1qLS19xsF
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