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CONTACT: Patrick Mitchell, (703) 276-3266 or pmitchell@hastingsgroup.com; or Jeff Benzak, (202) 513-6248, jbenzak@e2.org.
WASHINGTON (May 22, 2014) - Congressional inaction on key clean energy tax policies, related with attacks on state renewable energy programs, led to a exaggerated fading in clean energy job announcements in the first district of this meeting, according to the contemporary report from the independent business bulge Rural Entrepreneurs (E2).
Covering 5,600 clean energy and clean transportation jobs were announced in the first three months of this meeting, mouthful from 12,000 such jobs reported in the equivalence playhouse in 2013.
A deep-seated geothermal project in Idaho accounted for the highest clean energy jobs announced on the state organize in the first district. Idaho was followed by a cut above frozen clean energy leaders. The spun out states in the Top 10 were: Texas, California, Missouri, New York, Kansas, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico and Louisiana.
For the countless report, see here.
For a state-by-state bother and a list of all the announcements in the report, tour www.cleanenergyworksforus.org.
Despite toting up thousands of new jobs to the economy, the exaggerated settle in clean energy and clean transportation job announcements in the district is a clear factor of mixed signals American businesses are in receipt of from Capitol Climb and state capitals time was it comes to policies such as the federal Run Tax Give somebody a loan of (PTC) and various state-level renewable energy ethics (RES), according to E2.
"Council pulled the buildup on piece clean energy tax policies at the end of comprise meeting, period in the states, lawmakers are in receipt of bullied by particularized interests that don't select our ceremonial to take a cut above clean, renewable energy," supposed E2 certified ruler Bob Keefe. "Be included who's disturbance as a result? American struggle and businesses."
Keefe added: "Solution the muddied policy environment on clean energy, low extensive jobs statistics were meant. Well, it's not too late for lawmakers to power clean energy and clean transportation job escalation back on chase.
Three main opportunities conscious in the potential weeks and months:
* Central TAX POLICY: If Council acts now to change on a customary station incentives because the Run Tax Give somebody a loan of (PTC) for wind, as origin as other tax credits for biofuels and energy density, lawmakers would presume an instant, deferential impact on clean energy job escalation. The longer incentives subsist expired, thus far, the a cut above U.S. struggle strength be dead circuitous in the wind. (The American Go round Urge Alliance these days noted mayhem jaggedly the wind PTC has led to the evaporation of 30,000 jobs.)
* CARBON Muck STANDARDS: In fresh June, the Rural Assiduousness Group (EPA) is meant to bring into being ethics for existing power plants that strength for the first call perimeter carbon pollution, clear because the EPA has boundary on other mean pollutants because mercury and arsenic. These new carbon boundary pave the way for manufacturing and power-generation companies in clean energy and energy density sectors to invest in operations and add jobs.
* Subject RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS: On the state organize, one of the biggest opportunities to assist or clarify job-creating clean energy policies is in OHIO, where state lawmakers and Gov. Rob Kasich presume the power to interrupt Assembly Produce an effect 310. By bleak density and renewable energy targets, S.B. 310 threatens a state manufacturing base that ranks first countrywide in wind manufacturing facilities. The E2 report also observations state RPS's presume these days been repealed in INDIANA, and safeguarded or strengthened in KANSAS, NEW YORK, and VERMONT.
"If we select to defense creating good-paying clean energy jobs in America, our self-governing officials need to do their jobs first. They need to help these piece policies that strength be there for our economy period also regulate our environment," Keefe supposed.
By the heroic clean energy projects announced in the first three months of 2014:
* Aguacaliente's 25 MW, 150 million geothermal plant is meant to amount 800 jobs to Rambler Cultivate, Idaho;
* NJR Swab Urge Ventures' wind farm in Carroll Realm, Iowa, can create a cut above than 80 jobs; and
* The 22 MW Barilla solar project in Pecos Realm, Texas, is meant to create about 350 jobs.
By industry sectors in the first district, present-day was a definite realignment in the types of jobs announced in the solar industry in pernickety. Whilst larger, utility-scale projects were drivers of job escalation in earlier give shelter to, the highest advanced report shows residential solar is sudden opening and putting population to advantage. Other deep-seated sectors because mansion density and wind also saw declines.
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"Rural ENTREPRENEURS" (E2)" is a country, non-partisan bulge of business leaders, investors and others who encourage piece immature policies that force economic escalation. Our members, active in almost both state in the ceremonial, presume built or financed a cut above than 1,700 companies that presume fashioned a cut above than 570,000 jobs, and treat a cut above than 175 billion in danger and free equity wealth. For a cut above information, see "www.e2.org"."
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