Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2010 > March > 07 > Without subsidies, Bend firm may leave

Without subsidies, Bend firm may leave

State deems IdaTech, with 90 workers here, ineligible for $5M in grants; area lawmakers fight to aid fuel cell maker

By Nick Budnick / The Bulletin
March 7, 2010

SALEM — The state’s crackdown on a controversial green energy program could bear a heavy cost for a high-profile Bend employer.

The Oregon Department of Energy has notified fuel cell manufacturer IdaTech LLC that $20 million worth of projects are ineligible for the state’s Business Energy Tax....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.