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PLEASE KEEP CALLING  SENATOR  SNOWE AND COLLINS AND  ASK  THEM  TO  VOTE  AGAINST  THE STABENOW  AMENDMENT AND  FOR THE DE MINT AMENDMENT WHICH ACTUALLY WOULD REPEAL ALL ENERGY SPECIFIC  TAX CREDITS.
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MONIQUE   
 
 Senate To Vote On Wind Energy PTC Extension Amendment
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After attempts to tack on a renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) extension to other legislation failed to gain traction, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., has introduced an amendment to the transportation bill currently under consideration in the U.S. Senate that would extend the PTC for renewable energy - including wind power - for one year.

The amendment also includes the 48 C manufacturing tax credit and an extension of the Section 1603 cash-grant program.

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) praised the amendment, stressing the importance of its passage to the wind power industry.

"Times are hard for the wind industry right now - with the uncertainty of the PTC beyond the end of this year, wind project developers' plans for 2013 projects and the manufacturing orders that they’d usually place at this time of the year are not happening," AWEA said in a statement. “Over 400 facilities across 43 states manufacture for the wind industry - and they are facing the very real possibility of laying off employees if the industry outlook does not change soon.”

While Stabenow’s amendment reignites hope for the wind energy industry, another amendment to the bill introduced by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., is cause for concern.

DeMint’s amendment seeks to repeal all energy-specific tax credits, including those for wind power. In addition, the amendment would make the PTC retroactive to Jan. 1, 2012, meaning tax credits already awarded this year would be repealed - a disastrous blow to the industry.

Both Stabenow’s and DeMint’s amendments - just two of the 30 amendments proposed for the legislation - will need 60 votes in the Senate to be included in S.1813, the Surface Transportation Bill.

Neither amendment was taken up today, but a vote on both measures is scheduled for Tuesday, March 13.

After the Senate receives a companion bill from the House, it will be amended by the Senate and resolved between the two legislative houses.


 

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Comment by Hart Daley on March 9, 2012 at 12:26pm

You are welcome. And thank you for all your hard work!

Comment by Monique Aniel Thurston on March 9, 2012 at 9:28am

correction  made !  Thank  you  Hart

monique

Comment by Hart Daley on March 9, 2012 at 9:18am

One last note. I also sent an email to Sen. Jim DeMint thanking him for his efforts!

Comment by Hart Daley on March 9, 2012 at 9:06am

Just a quick note Monique. You blogged the "Stenabow" amendment and it is actually Sen. Stabenow. I just made my additional calls to both Sen. Snowe and Collins.

Comment by Hart Daley on March 9, 2012 at 9:01am

I called both Senators. I also sent a lengthy letter to Sen. Snowe, Sen. Collins, Gov. LePage, Rep. Michaud and Rep. Pingree. Included with my letter of concerns were photos of the view from my house of Colonel Holman ridgeline and the SunJournal article showing Patriot Renewable's donation to Town Manger Eugene Skibitsky's daughter-in-law.

Comment by freemont tibbetts on March 9, 2012 at 6:03am

    I am asking all the Citizen"s in This Great State of Maine to please make the phone call"s.               Thank You, Thank You. And I Thank You Monique Aniel for what you are doing for This Great State of Maine.                                                                                                                                                            Freemont Tibbetts 37, Bruce Tibbetts dr. Dixfield Maine. 

 

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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