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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016 State House signals support of subsidy for large solar projects IRS on the line looking for money? Most likely a scam J. Russell George, Treasury Department inspector gen- WASHINGTON — The eral for tax administration. Treasury Department has a “It is critical that all taxpay- message for taxpayers get- ers continue to be wary of ting calls from the IRS unsolicited telephone calls demanding immediate pay- and e-mails from individuals ment: Hang up. claiming to be IRS and Trea- Those aggressive, threat- sury employees.” ening calls are coming from The agency has responded phone scammers. And they with public service announce- are successful, too, cost- ments reminding people that ing more than 5,000 victims the IRS sends letters rather more than $26.5 million since than calling taxpayers. October 2013. About 900,000 “If someone unexpectedly scammer contacts were calls claiming to be from the reported during that period. IRS and uses threatening lan- The callers fraudulently guage if you do not pay imme- FODLP WR EH ,56 RI¿FLDOV DQG diately, that is a sign that it is demand that taxpayers imme- not the IRS calling, and your diately send them payment. cue to hang up,” George said. They often have some personal The agency recommends information about the person taxpayers who are contacted they’re calling and threaten E\ SKRQH VFDPPHUV ¿OO RXW criminal charges unless imme- an “IRS impersonation scam” diate payment is made. form on the Treasury inspec- “This scam has proven tor general website, www. to be the largest of its kind WLJWDJRYRUFDOO7UHDVXU\RI¿- that we have ever seen,” said cials at 800-366-4484. Associated Press By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — State House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have signaled their support for a bill that would encourage large solar projects in Oregon. The House Committee on Energy and Environment voted unanimously on Thurs- day to send the bill to the bud- get writing Joint Committee on Ways and Means. House Bill 4037 would create a state subsidy of half a cent per kilowatt hour of energy generated from qual- L¿HG SURMHFWV 7KH VXEVLG\ ZRXOGODVW¿YH\HDUV Legislative staff have yet to put a price tag on the legisla- tion, but a solar industry repre- sentative who drafted the bill estimated it could cost $5.7 million. The money would come from the state general fund. ,W ZRXOG QRW EH WKH ¿UVW Oregon incentive for solar projects: The state issued more than $50 million in business energy tax credits for solar between 2006 and 2014, according to data from the Oregon Department of Energy. Still, Environment Oregon state director Rikki Seguin told lawmakers that only 0.02 percent of the state’s energy comes from the sun. David Brown, a senior principal at Obsidian Finance Group LLC in Lake Oswego, drafted the bill with input from other interested parties. Brown said the company has built the state’s three largest solar proj- ects, and plans to build another large project in southern Ore- gon by the end of this year. Brown said House Bill 4037 would provide much smaller incentives for solar projects, which makes sense because prices have decreased. His company developed the 5 megawatt Outback project in southern Oregon, which received a $10 million busi- ness energy tax credit. Brown said the production sub- Courtesy of Obsidian Renewables The Outback project in southern Oregon, east of Christmas Valley. The five-megawatt project provides power for Portland General Electric. sidy would provide a total of $250,000 to $300,000 to a similarly sized project. “When the (business energy tax credit) died, the solar program for larger proj- ects stopped,” Brown said. “And so ironically, the (busi- ness energy tax credit) hurt solar development more than it helped it ... I think this bill is a recognition that a small amount of targeted invest- ment paid only for guaran- teed results is still a good idea in Oregon. But it took a long time for the dark cloud of the (business energy tax credit) to start to clear away.” The bill does contain lan- guage intended to ensure ben- H¿WV JR RQO\ WR SURMHFWV WKDW actually produce energy. If a project sits idle and does not produce energy, the state would reduce the length of the subsidy under the bill. Projects that do not produce power within two years would be kicked out of the program, under an amendment added W A NTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 THE DAILY ASTORIAN M ONDAY E VENING A (2) (3) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KRCW KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (3) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 to the bill before lawmakers voted it out of committee. Solar project developers would have only until Jan. 2, 2017 to apply for the program, and the subsidy would be lim- LWHGWRWKH¿UVWPHJDZDWWV of solar projects to be accepted into the program. The subsidy would only be available for 2 to 10 megawatt projects in Oregon. The program would sunset in 2023. Any one program par- ticipant can only get the sub- sidy for up to 35 megawatts of solar. State Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, was one of the Republicans who voted to move the bill out of the House Committee on Energy and Environment. Bentz said the solar subsidy would be key to ensuring solar projects are built in Oregon, if lawmak- ers pass a bill this session to double the state’s renewable energy mandate for the state’s WZR ODUJHVW XWLOLWLHV 3DFL¿- Corp and Portland General Electric. “If (the renewable energy bill) passes, there is going to be a lot of green energy needed,” Bentz said. “We would of course want to see as much of that developed in Oregon as we possibly could.” Brown said it was not sur- prising the bill has bipartisan support. “Most of the economic development will occur in the sunny part of the state, which is rural,” Brown said. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Five elk killed in crash near Cullaby Lake By KYLE SPURR The Daily Astorian Five elk were killed after being struck by a vehicle early Saturday morning on U.S. Highway 101 near Cullaby Lake Lane. A Seaside man was driv- ing a 2005 GMC Yukon on the highway just after 1 a.m. when he came around the curve in the road and crashed into the elk. Two elk were killed by the impact and three had to be dis- patched after the crash. Sgt. Joe Warwick, from the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division, responded to the scene along with War- renton Police and the Oregon Department of Transportation. Warwick said the deceased elk were four cows and one calf. They were from a large herd that roams between Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center and Cullaby Lake. As unfortunate as the deadly crash was for the elk, Warwick said, the impact will be minimal on the large herd. The GMC Yukon was totalled from the crash. The driver was not injured. 2I¿FLDOVFOHDUHGWKHVFHQH in a half hour. None of the elk meat was salvaged. Concealed Carry Permit Class Qualify for OR, UT & AZ CCP Permits valid in 33+ states! 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