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10-K/A - FORM 10-K/A - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009f10ka.htm
EX-23.5 - EXHIBIT 23.5 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh235.htm
EX-23.4 - EXHIBIT 23.4 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh234.htm
EX-13.2 - EXHIBIT 13.2 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh132.htm
EX-13.1 - EXHIBIT 13.1 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh131.htm
EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh231.htm
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh321.htm
EX-23.3 - EXHIBIT 23.3 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh233.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh311.htm
EX-23.2 - EXHIBIT 23.2 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh232.htm
EX-23.6 - EXHIBIT 23.6 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh236.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh312.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh322.htm
EX-10.31 - EXHIBIT 10.31 - US GEOTHERMAL INCusgeo231009exh1031.htm

Exhibit 10.41

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of U.S. Geothermal Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of U.S. Geothermal Inc. as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years ended March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007. We also have audited U.S. Geothermal Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). U.S. Geothermal Inc.'s management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and an opinion on the company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of  unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
 


Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluations of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of U.S. Geothermal Inc. as of March 31, 2009 and 2008 and the  results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, U.S. Geothermal Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, certain errors resulting in an understatement of previously reported investments and income from investments in non-consolidated subsidiary, as of March 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, were discovered by management of the Company during the current year. Accordingly, adjustments have been made to investments, gain from subsidiary and accumulated deficit as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, to correct these errors.


/s/ BehlerMick PS
BehlerMick PS
Spokane, Washington
June 10, 2009, except Note 2 which is dated October 22, 2009