2007 Energy Bill without solar incentives? [RE-wrenches]

[William Miller]

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Friends:

Does it seem odd to you that the removal of the desirable parts of the bill 
was sponsored by Reid and Pelosi?  As you recall, the energy bill had a 
fair amount of good policy and a fair amount of bad.  What Reid and Pelosi 
have done is taken a bill with mixed attributes and make it unequivocally 
bad.  I think this is a smart approach.

There was enough wrong with the original bill that I could not support 
it.  I think it may be too late and may very well be the wrong approach to 
suggest that the tax credits be put back in the bill.  I believe there was 
enough wrong with the bill that the renewable tax incentives should be left 
out and we should encourage defeat of the bill.  This is the only safe way 
to ensure that we are not encouraging more subsidies for the nuclear power 
industry.

During the next round of energy bill negotiations, we should act early on 
to ensure that subsidies for bad energy sources will not ever make it to 
the president's desk.

William Miller


At 08:06 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote:

>Jim, Here's Sue Kateley's (CalSEIA Exec. Director) email.
>
>MAKE THE CONGRESSIONAL SWITCHBOARD CRASH!
>
>Congressional leaders are considering moving an energy bill with NO 
>extension of the renewable energy tax incentives.  Senator Reid and 
>Speaker Pelosi met today and decided not to include critical tax credits 
>for wind and solar in the federal energy package, and to drop the federal 
>Renewable Portfolio Standard.
>
>We have about 24 hours to turn this around.
>
>Call your representative and tell them to pass a message to Senator Reid 
>and Speaker Pelosi.
>
>Use your own words - here are some suggested points:
>
>The energy bill must extend investment tax credits for solar and 
>production tax credits for wind.
>Clean energy means jobs and energy independence.
>America needs carbon-free renewable energy, now.
>Our future depends on their leadership.
>
>It's hard to believe that with oil hovering at $100/barrel and the passage 
>of the Governor's Solar Initiative just over a year ago, that we are 
>looking at a Congress that is thinking of doing nothing to extend the 
>solar tax credits.
>
>Link to look up the phone number for your representatives in the House and 
>Senate: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/index.html


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