{"id":355723,"date":"2024-12-20T07:52:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T06:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=355723"},"modified":"2024-12-20T07:56:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T06:56:09","slug":"nternal-watchdog-urges-bidens-green-loans-office-to-stop-working-on-new-loans-amid-conflict-of-interest-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=355723","title":{"rendered":"Internal Watchdog Urges Biden\u2019s Green Loans Office to Stop Working on New Loans Amid Conflict-of-Interest Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"313\" data-attachment-id=\"355731\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=355731\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?fit=1801%2C780&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1801,780\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0bidenkensc1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?fit=723%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?resize=723%2C313&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-355731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?resize=1024%2C443&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?resize=300%2C130&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?resize=768%2C333&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?resize=1536%2C665&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?resize=1200%2C520&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?w=1801&amp;ssl=1 1801w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/12\/18\/internal-watchdog-urges-bidens-green-loans-office-to-stop-working-on-new-loans-amid-conflict-of-interest-concerns\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/12\/17\/internal-watchdog-urges-bidens-green-loans-office-to-stop-working-on-new-loans-amid-conflict-of-interest-concerns\/\">The Daily Caller<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"50\" data-attachment-id=\"355725\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=355725\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-337.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"528,50\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-337.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-337.png?resize=528%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-355725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-337.png?w=528&amp;ssl=1 528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-337.png?resize=300%2C28&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/author\/Nick+Pope\">Nick Pope<\/a><br><\/strong>Contributor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An internal federal watchdog called on the Biden administration\u2019s green loans office to stop working on new deals in a Tuesday letter, citing concerns that the office has insufficiently managed potential conflicts of interest in its work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General Teri Donaldson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-12\/Interim%20Findings%20Department%20of%20Energy%20Loan%20Programs%20Office%20Conflicts%20of%20Interest.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0to Under Secretary of Energy for Infrastructure\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/24\/biden-admin-nominates-Saudi-board-member-key-energy-department-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Crane<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday to inform him of preliminary findings that the Loan Programs Office (LPO) does not keep track of conflict of interest disclosures or waiver requests for its loans. Donaldson also said the LPO should \u201cput into abeyance all loan and loan guarantee packages\u201d until LPO can ensure that all appropriate safeguards are being observed. The LPO has been on a tear since President-elect Donald Trump won the election on Nov. 5, locking in several major loans and reportedly hustling to seal others in the transition period. This, over the protests of Republicans who believe the office\u2019s lame duck lending bonanza flies in the face of the electorate, whose will be expressed on Election Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite the risks and conflicts that could arise if the LPO contracts with contractors that also work for prospective borrowers, the [Office of the Inspector General (OIG)] audit team was surprised to learn that the LPO does not ensure that contracting officers and contracting officers\u2019 representatives track third-party experts,\u201d Donaldson\u2019s memo states. \u201cFor example, for the 18 projects reviewed by the OIG, the LPO Technical Division was able to provide the OIG with the name of the applicant\u2019s third-party engineering experts for only 3 of the 18 projects.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/01\/23\/house-republicans-jigar-shah-subpoena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(RELATED: House Republicans Threaten To Slap Biden\u2019s Green Energy Loan Czar With Subpoena)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-scribd wp-block-embed-scribd wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DOE OIG - LPO Memo\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/805976050\/content\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"805976050\" width=\"723\" height=\"1000\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">          (function() { var scribd = document.createElement(\"script\"); scribd.type = \"text\/javascript\"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = \"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/javascripts\/embed_code\/inject.js\"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })()        <\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/805976050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View this document on Scribd<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The OIG\u2019s memo also states plainly that \u201cLPO does not track contractors who may be serving both the LPO and prospective borrowers\u201d and that a key LPO contractor called Archetype \u201cdid not implement the organizational conflicts of interest training program required by its own Management Plan.\u201d Its shortcomings in abiding by procedures to ensure taxpayers are protected amount to a situation in which \u201cthe LPO has functionally abandoned any responsibility for identifying, evaluating, avoiding, neutralizing, or mitigating conflicts of interest,\u201d Donaldson wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, LPO has finalized 15 loans, worth a combined total of $15 billion, and the office is apparently planning to cement another 13 loans worth $22 billion before the Trump administration takes office next month, according to Donaldson\u2019s memo. The DOE OIG has previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/11\/27\/bidens-green-tech-loan-office-potentially-prone-to-waste-watchdog-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highlighted<\/a>&nbsp;in official documents that LPO is prone to waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer funds, particularly given its push to finalize loans quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just days before Donaldson sent her memo to Crane, a group of House Republicans demanded that LPO stop issuing new loans in light of risks to the taxpayer posed by rushing to shovel billions of dollars out the door in a small window of time. For its part, the DOE contends that the OIG\u2019s reporting is \u201cunorthodox\u201d and \u201cfilled with errors,\u201d according to Bloomberg News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Donaldson\u2019s Tuesday memo includes a comment from the auditor hitting back at DOE\u2019s assertions that the review never identified a specific example of a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Department\u2019s assertion that the OIG has not identified any actual conflicts of interests misses the point of the audit. The scope of the OIG audit is to assess the LPO\u2019s processes and internal controls to prevent and mitigate potential conflicts of interest,\u201d the memo states. \u201cThe scope of the audit did not include attempting to audit the entire LPO portfolio for actual conflicts of interest. Moreover, an audit to identify actual conflicts would be very difficult to perform at this time because the LPO simply does not track the information necessary to identify conflicts of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, LPO Director Jigar Shah has also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/10\/19\/barrasso-grills-jigar-shah-energy-department-loans-ties-green-energy-trade-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attracted<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/10\/19\/josh-hawley-grills-energy-department-loan-jigar-shah-appearance-conflicting-interests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scrutiny<\/a>&nbsp;from elected Republicans who have suggested he is essentially selling access to his massive LPO war chest by continuing to associate with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/07\/09\/jigar-shah-biden-green-loan-entek-nonprofit-trade-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleantech Leaders Roundtable<\/a>, a green energy trade group he established prior to joining the Biden administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The LPO was active under the Obama administration, granting a $535 million loan to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/04\/energy-department-jennifer-granholm-loan-obama-solyndra-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solyndra<\/a>, a green company that went bankrupt approximately two years after it closed on the LPO loan. The office was not especially active during the Trump years, but the Biden administration and Congress gave&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/green-energy-climate-loans-49fda73b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hundreds of billions<\/a>&nbsp;of dollars to LPO to loan to fledgling green companies that may otherwise struggle to secure private sector financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DOE did not respond immediately to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An internal federal watchdog called on the Biden administration\u2019s green loans office to stop working on new deals in a Tuesday letter, citing concerns that the office has insufficiently managed potential conflicts of interest in its work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":355731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818336,691820954,691818118,691832168],"class_list":{"0":"post-355723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-biden-administration","9":"tag-department-of-energy-doe","10":"tag-green-energy","11":"tag-office-of-the-inspector-general-oig","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0bidenkensc1.jpg?fit=1801%2C780&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1uxt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":424572,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=424572","url_meta":{"origin":355723,"position":0},"title":"Biden\u2019s Push for Renewables Funding Trump\u2019s Push To \u2018Drill, Baby, Drill\u2019","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"04\/02\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking to reorient U.S. energy policy toward fossil fuels and nuclear plants, President Trump has access to an enormous sum of money made available by an unlikely source: the Biden administration and congressional Democrats. 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