Press Release: Thank You Sen. Grassley for Leading Charge On Wind Energy

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July 21, 2015

Environmental Law & Policy Center Thanks Iowa’s Sen. Grassley for Leading Charge to Extend Federal Wind Energy Production Tax Credit

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Environmental Law & Policy Center thanks Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) for leading the charge to include the Wind Energy Production Tax Credit in the Federal Tax Extenders Package Bill, which passed out of the Senate Finance Committee today on Capitol Hill.

“Senator Grassley played a key role in Congress extending the federal wind energy production tax credit, which is helping to spur wind power growth in Iowa,” said Steven Falck, ELPC’s Senior Policy Advocate in Des Moines.

The wind energy production tax credit first passed in 1992, which has fostered growth of the Iowa wind energy supply chain and created more than 6,000 jobs. Through the last quarter of 2014, the U.S. installed wind energy capacity was at 65,879 megawatts, which also created more than 73,000 jobs.

“The Environmental Law & Policy Center urges the full Iowa Congressional delegation to support Sen. Grassley’s lead in extending the Federal Wind Energy Production Tax Credit,” said Falck.