United States Representatives from Indiana Join Efforts on Energy Bill

Representatives' Peter Visclosky, Mark Souder, Julia Carson and John Hostettler joined over 150 colleagues in signing a letter to Chairman Thomas, asking that tradable tax credits for clean and renewable generation be made a part of the energy bill.

Tax incentives for all utility sectors help to address an increasingly critical need for a diverse domestic portfolio of clean generation sources. And, the locally elected officials who run our utilities are seeking to produce more energy from clean and renewable sources in order to meet the demands of our customers, who are increasingly interested in promoting these resources. Still, given the high cost of newer technologies, non-hydro renewable generation amounts to less than one percent of the public power's aggregate generation capacity. There is much more that can be developed from renewable resources and through cleaner technologies.

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