AWEA Archives - Dawda PLC https://www.dawdalaw.com/tag/awea/ Leading Business Law Firm in Metro Detroit Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:38:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Congress Extends Wind Energy Tax Credit https://www.dawdalaw.com/congress-extends-wind-energy-tax-credit/ Wed, 30 Dec 2020 06:27:42 +0000 https://dawdamann.com/?p=5119 Late Wednesday night, President Obama signed a bill that, among other things, extended wind energy tax credits for one year. The Wind Energy Production Tax Credit (“PTC”) and other related tax credits will continue to apply to current projects and those commenced in 2013. Wind energy projects comprised approximately 45% of all new electrical generating [...]

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Late Wednesday night, President Obama signed a bill that, among other things, extended wind energy tax credits for one year. The Wind Energy Production Tax Credit (“PTC”) and other related tax credits will continue to apply to current projects and those commenced in 2013. Wind energy projects comprised approximately 45% of all new electrical generating capacity in 2012. This compares with about 30% for natural gas. The threat of the expiration of these credits caused uncertainty in the market place and stymied new projects. This is good news for the wind industry which has suffered from the political instability in Washington, D.C., as well as unstable market forces.

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