House takes aim at Obama's solar bird-killer

House Republicans on Thursday will be taking a close, hard look at the Obama administration’s subsidies for a fleet of large solar power plants, the flagship of which caught fire earlier this year and has singed birds in mid-flight.

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, will lead the House Natural Resources Committee’s oversight panel in examining the Ivanpah utility-scale solar plant and others like it that benefited from federal loan guarantees and grants but have suffered from performance issues.