The group Fishermen Interested in Safe Hydrokinetics, lead plaintiff in the Ninth Circuit case, suggested in a filing on the second proposal that GreenWave had objects other than renewable energy in mind in keeping the proposal alive:
According to the best information currently available, GreenWave has been used solely as a vehicle to further to the political ambitions of California State Senator Tony Strickland (R-Moorpark). ... In 2008, Strickland ran for the California State Senate in the closest state senate race in California that year. As a private citizen, he was required to state his occupation for the public record. Based on his position with GreenWave, Strickland claimed that he was a "renewable energy businessman" throughout the election, and extensively publicized the GreenWave connection as a selling point in his campaign.
Now, predictably, the next election cycle has come around, and GreenWave is back in front of FERC again with a new application filed in September 2011. In January 2012, Strickland announced that he is running for the U.S. Congress in the newly reconfigured California Congressional District 26 in 2012. District 26 is a swing district that could help determine partisan control of the U.S. House of Representatives. His latest official disclosure form, which was filed on March 1, 2012, continues to list his business position as Vice President of GreenWave, and states that he has a stake in the company worth
somewhere between $10,001 and $100,000.
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