From AWEA Power of Wind: http://www.powerofwind.org/incentives Senator Grassley (R-IA) put U.S. energy incentives in perspective at an April 3, 2014 Senate Finance Committee hearing. The following is a transcript of his remarks: “… Many of us have been clamoring for tax reform for years now. Just because we haven’t cleaned up the tax code inContinue reading “Keeping Things in Perspective: Government Support to Energy Industries”
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Commentary from United States Senator Chris Coons: The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act
by United States Senator Chris Coons (D-A bill to level the playing field by giving investors in renewable energy projects access to a decades-old corporate structure with a tax advantage now available only to investors in fossil fuel-based energy projects Download At a time when the United States needs to increase domestic energy production andContinue reading “Commentary from United States Senator Chris Coons: The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act”
Navy, DoD, Developer Announce Wind Farm Agreement to Preserve Training Mission in South Texas
The Naval Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness Division Public Affairs office today released the following statement announcing the memorandum of agreement signed by the Navy, the Department of Defense, and Wind Coalition member company E.ON Climate & Renewables. Recognizing the vital importance of adequate and available energy supplies to power its missions, the United States NavyContinue reading “Navy, DoD, Developer Announce Wind Farm Agreement to Preserve Training Mission in South Texas”
Governor’s Wind Energy Coalition Calls for Extension of the PTC
In a letter to Congressional leadership today, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, urged Congressional leadership “…to take swift action to extend the PTC before the end of this congressional session.” “Thousands of jobs in the wind industry have already been impacted by the credit’s looming expiration and thousands more are atContinue reading “Governor’s Wind Energy Coalition Calls for Extension of the PTC”