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24 Oct '12, 3pm

Opinion: Attacks on #PTC extension misguided: #windworks #windpower #windenergy #cleanenergy

Los Angeles Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik takes aim at criticisms of the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) in an article published yesterday, saying the "real goal" of those in competing energy industries who oppose it is to "is to tilt the playing field back toward the past, not the future." Commented Mr. Hiltzik, "To hear business leaders and political candidates talk, proper industrial policy comprises only three elements: a fair tax system, a level playing field and 'certainty.' So why is it that all three are about to be thrown out the window as a sop to oil, gas and nuclear interests determined to fillet the wind-power industry?" Mr. Hiltzik notes that other energy sources have received government encouragement and incentives, some of them for decades, and adds that the PTC, wind power's primary incentive, has been extremely effective, helpin...

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