Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., is renewing his push to eliminate all energy tax credits, including for wind power. Pompeo has introduced the 2013 Energy Freedom [read more]
The global clean energy marketplace is expanding rapidly, but the competitive position of the U.S. industry is at risk because of increased competition abroad and [read more]
Vermont State Sens. Robert Hartwell and Joe Benning are planning to introduce legislation calling for a three-year moratorium on large-scale wind energy development in the [read more]
President Barack Obama has officially signed H.R.8, the American Tax Payer Relief Act, into law. While the sweeping legislation helped extend unemployment insurance and make [read more]
President Barack Obama has signed H.R.8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which, among many other tax-related and economic provisions, extends the production tax [read more]
Although some damage has already been done, the wind energy industry can breathe a sigh of relief: On Tuesday evening, an extension of the wind [read more]
On Wednesday, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., held a town-hall-style webcast focused almost exclusively on wind energy and [read more]
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) has voted 4-1 to pass an order establishing a reasonable cost threshold (RCT) for New Mexico's public utilities [read more]
With the fiscal cliff looming, countless interests are competing to ensure their federal support is not thrown onto the chopping block, and the wind energy [read more]
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has established new rules for renewable energy projects that enter into sales agreements with regulated utilities. The rapid development [read more]
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has released a new 10-year energy plan that outlines the steps the state will take to meet renewable energy, energy efficiency, [read more]
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the incoming chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has named longtime aide Joshua Sheinkman as the committee's next [read more]
A bipartisan group of 29 U.S. senators and representatives sent a letter to President Barack Obama last week calling for master limited partnerships (MLPs) and [read more]
Citing internal analysis, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) says phasing out the wind energy production tax cut (PTC) over six years would give the [read more]
The Western Governors Association (WGA) called on Congress on Dec. 7 to extend the production tax credit for wind energy rather than let it expire [read more]