{"id":7441,"date":"2014-06-23T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=7441"},"modified":"2014-07-01T09:58:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T14:58:21","slug":"chairman-nelson-cannot-ignore-texas-winds-benefits-and-condemn-its-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/06\/23\/chairman-nelson-cannot-ignore-texas-winds-benefits-and-condemn-its-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairman Nelson Cannot Ignore Texas Wind\u2019s Benefits and Condemn Its Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3211\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texascleanairmatters\/files\/2014\/06\/wind-banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3211 \" alt=\"Wind technicians working atop a turbine in Sweetwater, Tex. Source: NY Times\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texascleanairmatters\/files\/2014\/06\/wind-banner-300x136.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wind technicians working atop a turbine in Sweetwater, Tex.<br \/>Source: NY Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) chairwoman Donna Nelson called for the federal government to end its renewable energy tax credit for Texas wind and for the end of state policies that have resulted in Texas\u2019 clean energy economy boon. The chairman\u2019s appeal is so devoid of a factual basis it is hard to conclude that this is anything other than part of an orchestrated campaign by fossil fuel interests to stop the growth of renewable energy. Like the other <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texascleanairmatters\/2014\/01\/03\/renewable-energy-to-thrive-in-2014-despite-alecs-aggressive-tactics\/\">attacks on clean energy<\/a>, this is more politics than substance.<\/p>\n<p>The federal and state policies that Chairman Nelson wants to eliminate have been great for Texas. Texas <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awea.org\/Resources\/state.aspx?ItemNumber=5183\">ranks<\/a> first in the nation for wind-related jobs, employing over 8,000\u2014and many of those jobs are keeping agriculture-heavy West Texas and Panhandle communities afloat amid the devastating multi-year drought. Plus, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texascleanairmatters\/2014\/06\/04\/texas-wind-energy-continues-to-blow-us-away\/\">60% of all wind projects<\/a> under construction across the country in the first quarter of 2014 were in Texas. And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aweablog.org\/blog\/post\/new-awea-report-shows-wind-energy-saves-consumers-money-\">studies<\/a> (including one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puc.texas.gov\/industry\/electric\/reports\/scope\/2009\/2009scope_elec.pdf\">produced by the Texas PUC<\/a>) have shown that electricity prices are <i>lower<\/i> when more wind energy is installed on the power grid. \u00a0\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I urge Chairman Nelson to objectively consider the costs and benefits for herself before she throws Texas\u2019 booming wind industry under the bus. Or she can listen to U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, one of Nelson\u2019s fellow Republicans and representative of Iowa. Like Texas, Iowa has rich wind resources, and Sen. Grassley has a few choice words for those who support oil and gas over wind:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>I\u2019m glad to defend the wind production tax credit and wind energy.\u00a0 Wind energy:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Provides more than 4% of U.S. electricity<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Supports 80,000 American jobs<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Spurred $105 billion in private investment in the U.S. since 2005<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Displaces more expensive and more polluting sources of energy, lowering electricity prices for consumers.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>More than 550 industrial facilities across 44 states manufacture for the wind energy industry.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The wind industry today supports 80,000 American jobs. \u00a0The tax incentive has spurred $105 billion in private investment in the U.S. since 2005.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Opponents of the renewable energy provisions want to have this debate in a vacuum.\u00a0 They disregard the many incentives and subsidies that exist for other sources of energy, and are permanent law.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>For example, the 100 year-old oil and gas industry continues to benefit from tax preferences that benefit ONLY its industry.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>These are not general business tax provisions \u2013 they are specific to the oil and gas business.\u00a0 Here are a few examples:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Expensing for intangible drilling costs<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Deduction for tertiary injectants<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Percentage depletion for oil wells<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Special amortization for geological costs<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>These four tax preferences for this single industry result in the loss of more than $4 billion annually in tax revenue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Why is repealing a subsidy for oil or gas or nuclear energy production a tax increase on energy producers and consumers, while repealing an incentive for alternative or renewable energy is not?\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>It\u2019s not intellectually honest.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chairman Nelson should do what is good for Texas: fight for Texas wind jobs and not try to destroy this emerging industry that brings cleaner, healthy air.<\/p>\n<p><em>This commentary originally appeared on our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texascleanairmatters\/2014\/06\/23\/chairman-nelson-cannot-ignore-winds-benefits-and-condemn-its-cost\/\">Texas Clean Air Matters blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) chairwoman Donna Nelson called for the federal government to end its renewable energy tax credit for Texas wind and for the end of state policies that have resulted in Texas\u2019 clean energy economy boon. 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