THE FIGHT FOR WIND GOES ON

Senators File Amendment That Includes Wind Power PTC Extension
17 February 2012 (North American Windpower)

"U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., are making a bipartisan push to extend the production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy.

"The senators have filed an amendment to a bill currently under debate in the Senate, and they say the measure is fully paid for. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., is a co-sponsor of the amendment…"

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"According to the American Wind Energy Association, the expiration of the wind PTC could lead to the elimination of as many as 37,000 U.S. jobs."

[Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kan.:] “If we expect the wind energy industry to make long-term investments in their businesses and provide for our country’s future energy needs, Congress must quickly work to reauthorize the wind production tax credit…Our failure to extend this tax credit would destabilize this growing manufacturing industry and cost thousands of American jobs…[W]e cannot afford to miss this opportunity to invest in our energy future.”