Alta Wind I Owner Lessor C v. United States

Section 1603 Recovery Act Claim for 30 Percent Energy Cash Grants; Defendant’s Motion for Leave to Assert Counterclaims Based Upon Expert’s Analysis; Effect on Scope of Issues at Trial.

OPINION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO AMEND PLEADINGS TO ASSERT COUNTERCLAIMS

WHEELER, Judge.

These consolidated cases involve the determination of the cash grants due Plaintiffs for investing in wind power facilities in California. Under Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act”), Pub.L. No. 111-5,123 Stat. 115, Plaintiffs are entitled to a 30 percent cash grant of…