U.S. Energy Bill, Early Christmas Present or Lump of Coal?

After claiming how much they were for alternative energy, our friends Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaker of the House, and Harry Reid, (D-NV) Senate Majority leader, have taken solar energy tax credits out of the most recent energy bill. This is a credit that those eeeevil republicans had voted to keep for the past several years.

"I can't imagine the Congressional leadership would seriously propose an energy bill that would not place a strong emphasis on renewable energy, especially the long-term tax incentives that are so vital to the growth of the industry," said Randall Swisher, Executive Director of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).

The PTC is vital for the developers and manufacturers that AWEA represents. Without a long-term extension of the PTC, which expires in December of 2008, developers will be unsure about the financial viability of their projects. If the market starts to slow down in the U.S., manufacturers will be unwilling to scale up production or enter the country all together.

These are the people that you support?

Call your congress critter if you support alternative energy.

Go to www.seia.org for details.

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