Local Chambers of Commerce urge Congress: Extend critical #windpower tax credit #windworks #ecdev #ptc

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Local Chambers of Commerce urge Congress: Extend critical #windpower tax credit #windworks #ecdev #ptc

National Chamber network, representing 240 local Chambers nationwide, says tax incentive critical to boosting American wind energy jobs, innovation Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE), the only national, non-partisan clean energy network and information hub for local chambers of commerce, yesterday issued a letter calling on Congress to extend the nation’s key tax incentive for wind energy, the Production Tax Credit (PTC) . With 240 local chambers from 47 states participating in its network, the group said allowing the PTC to expire at the end of 2012 would hurt local economies, send jobs and capital elsewhere, and risk ceding America’s clean energy leadership to our global competitors. “As leaders of our local business communities, we’ve seen firsthand the economic development benefits of wind energy,” said Jim Heeter, President and CEO of the Greater Kansas C...

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