Michael Sandoval

Fawning media can’t hide the failure of subsidy-rich solar 0
- June 16, 2017
The corporate favoritism through subsidies showered on wind and solar by governments has been significant.
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Glitzy headlines can’t hide the failure of subsidy-rich solar 0
- May 31, 2017
Despite billions in taxpayer subsidies, the United States currently generates less energy from solar and wind, the darlings of government favoritism, than it did from renewables in 1950.
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States should stop subsidizing costly electric vehicles for the rich 0
- March 27, 2017
When it comes to taxpayer handouts for wealthy early adopters and businesses seeking to purchase electric vehicles (EVs) and innovative trucks, Coloradans should look to Georgia, not California, for inspiration.
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Victory for Transparency: Feeding at DOE’s public trough a little less appetizing 0
- March 22, 2013
For the last two and half years, the Independence Institute along with other free market energy policy advocates have pounded the drum of transparency and exposed the federal government’s infamous Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee program that rewarded the politically well-connected while costing taxpayers billions of dollars with high profile bankruptcies such as Solyndra
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No such thing as a free lunch or free energy 0
- October 30, 2012
The Independence Institute’s Todd Shepherd, along with this blog, have spent two years covering, and ultimately exposing, what is now the Abound Solar scandal. Understandably, much of the focus is now on Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck’s criminal investigation as well as a Congressional Oversight Committee inquiry into the bankrupt solar panel manufacturer. Recently
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1603: Corporate Welfare by Another Name 0
- April 27, 2012
By Molly Sullivan The 1603 program, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 was designated for job creation and job endurance for long-term economic growth in the field of renewable energy sources. Michael Sandoval’s March 19, article in the Colorado Observer, “Liquor Stores, Fortune 500 Companies among Colorado Stimulus Beneficiaries”, highlighted
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