With the Utility Regulators, Day 3: Oil and Renewables Debate Subsidies: To provide U.S. regulators a basis fo...

With the Utility Regulators, Day 3: Oil and Renewables Debate Subsidies

With the Utility Regulators, Day 3: Oil and Renewables Debate Subsidies: To provide U.S. regulators a basis fo...

To provide U.S. regulators a basis for decisions they will be making on controversial subsidies and incentives in state energy policies that may make or break renewables, a debate was added to the agenda at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) summer committee meetings . “Energy subsidies have existed in the U.S. from the early days of wood,” DBL Investors Managing Partner Nancy Pfund said in reviewing the historical role of federal energy subsidies . “In wood, it was land grants and warrants for timber lands.” (What would Jefferson do? ) Over the first fifteen years of their subsidies’ durations, Pfund said, “federal support for non-renewables was much greater than for renewables.” The oil and gas industry got five times what renewables got and nuclear got ten times the subsidies (in 2010 dollars). “Nuclear spent an average of about $3.3 bi...

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@RachelSheinbein » 01 Aug '12, 7pm
Nancy Pfund questions energy subsidies for oil. Petroleum lobby replies "it'll come out of your [state] pockets" Wow! [link]
@ianyTI » 31 Jul '12, 10pm
US government spent 5x $$$ for #oil and #gas than for #renewables [link]
@MakeEnergi » 31 Jul '12, 9pm
lets educate the masses who are misled about #renwables and #solar funding. [link]
@MakeEnergi » 31 Jul '12, 9pm
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@viagusta » 31 Jul '12, 9pm
RT @GO_AHappel: So, who gets the bigger subsidies? Might be surprising. Oil and Renewables Debate Subsidies: [link] via @greentechmedia
@GO_AHappel » 31 Jul '12, 4pm
So, who gets the bigger subsidies? Might be surprising. Oil and Renewables Debate Subsidies: [link] via @greentechmedia
@smritim216 » 31 Jul '12, 12am
#WakeUpToMitt and no energy future. Oil & gas still receive 5 times more subsidies than renewables. [link]
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two argumemts for #renewable #support [link] [link] via @greentechmedia @gtmresearch
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RT @Guay_JGuay: You know this but...FF Subsidies 25 times higher for #oil and #gas than #cleanenergy [link] @david_turnbull @Kretzmann
@Guay_JGuay » 30 Jul '12, 8pm
You know this but...FF Subsidies 25 times higher for #oil and #gas than #cleanenergy [link] @david_turnbull @Kretzmann
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@CohnReznickRE » 30 Jul '12, 2pm
Which type of energy got the first U.S. subsidy? Which got the most? Has the U.S. ever ended a subsidy? [link] #renewables
@1CaptD » 29 Jul '12, 3pm
RT @FreyaFoust: #nuclear gets MASSIVE taxpayer subsidies. Greentech Media [link]
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#nuclear gets MASSIVE taxpayer subsidies. Greentech Media [link]
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Nuclear subsides and energy policy [link] #nuclear 1940s thinking no match for less dangerous renewables #cdnpoli
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Nuclear Subsidies - [link] … #nuclear ripp-off
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@sierrawild @1CaptD @Atomicrod [link] so yeah #nuclear subsidies
@laplacanancy » 28 Jul '12, 2am
Subsidies debate: renewables win! Nuclear: 10x more subsidies; coal gets $1.3 billion over 10yrs in capital gains. [link]
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@IrishEnergyGuy » 27 Jul '12, 4pm
Wish I understood #energy #economics more coz this debate sounds good! Who gets the most #subsidies and why? [link]
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Debate about US subsidies in the energy market [link]
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