Topeka Capital-Journal: Extend the PTC
The Topeka Capital-Journal, one of Kansas's major newspapers, Saturday joined the New York Times, Denver Post, and other newspapers in calling for the federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC) to be extended beyond its scheduled expiration at the end of this year.
The Capital-Journal referred to the support of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R), who held a press conference last week to express his support for wind power in Kansas and highlight the importance of the credit.
Commented the editorial, “Wind energy, a relatively new industry in the state, has been good to Kansas. It has generated revenue for landowners, attracted a manufacturing plant and jobs to Hutchinson and become a source of green energy for utility companies, some of which have embraced the wind energy and the power it provides.”
Wind farms now under construction in the state will boost its installed wind capacity to nearly 2,400 megawatts (MW) (enough to power the equivalent of 700,000 average U.S. homes), the editorial added, concluding, “Clearly, the investment by Siemens [in the Hutchinson manufacturing plant] and the companies building those wind farms has been good for Kansas. Giving the industry time to mature sounds like a logical thing to do.”
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