{"id":36,"date":"2008-09-24T17:41:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T00:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2008\/09\/24\/wind-and-solar-incentives-pass-senate\/"},"modified":"2008-09-24T17:41:40","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T00:41:40","slug":"wind-and-solar-incentives-pass-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2008\/09\/24\/wind-and-solar-incentives-pass-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind and Solar Incentives Pass Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And speaking of solar power&#8230;\u00a0 After months\u00a0of roadblocks,\u00a0the extension on tax credits for renewable energy is\u00a0one step closer to reality after the Senate yesterday approved the $17 billion package with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/vote.xpd?vote=s2008-205\">93-2 vote<\/a>. The credits\u00a0for wind, solar, and energy efficiency projects\u00a0are part of &#8220;The Renewable Energy and Jobs Creation Act of 2008,&#8221; a larger tax bill (<a href=\"http:\/\/waysandmeans.house.gov\/media\/pdf\/110\/bill.pdf\">HR 6049<\/a>) that has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bill.xpd?bill=h110-6049\">stalled in\u00a0Congress<\/a> as legislators wrangled over how\u00a0to\u00a0fund the\u00a0credits.\u00a0If\u00a0they are not renewed, the\u00a0incentives will expire at the end of this year,\u00a0undoubtably\u00a0having a negative impact on future solar and wind innovation and expansion\u00a0in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can read\u00a0more about\u00a0of the current situation in a piece by Ben Gemen at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/login\">E&amp;E Daily<\/a>, but to access the article directly, you must be a subscriber.\u00a0\u00a0For the rest of us, <a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/\">Climate Progess<\/a> has posted the story <a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2008\/09\/24\/will-the-renewable-energy-tax-credits-finally-be-extended\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And speaking of solar power&#8230;  After months of roadblocks, the extension on tax credits for renewable energy is one step closer to reality after the Senate yesterday approved the $17 billion package with a 93-2 vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[293,333,468,530,578,678],"coauthors":[],"series":[],"affiliates":[],"programs":[],"collections":[],"interests":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-power","tag-incentives","tag-legislation","tag-renewable-energy","tag-solar","tag-tax-credits","tag-wind"],"acf":{"template_type":"standard","featured_image_type":"standard","is_audio_post":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wind and Solar Incentives Pass Senate | Climate Watch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2008\/09\/24\/wind-and-solar-incentives-pass-senate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wind and Solar Incentives Pass Senate | Climate Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"And speaking of solar power... 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