On April 26 the U.S. House Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures (Committee on Ways & Means) held a hearing related to certain tax provisions that either expired in 2011 or will expire in 2012 (also known as “tax extenders”).
Any individual or organization may submit a written statement, however brief, by the close of business on Thursday, May 10, 2012, for consideration by the Committee and for inclusion in the printed record of the hearing.
Please write urging them to END the Production Tax Credit, the Investment Tax Credit, and any other federal support of industrial wind energy. Without the tax credit, the market for wind power generation will grind to a halt.
To submit a submission for the record please follow the instructions below. If instructions are not followed correctly or pertinent information is not included, the Committee reserves the right to refuse the submission.
Send Email to: waysandmeans.submissions@mail.house.gov
Subject Line: Hearing on Certain Expiring Tax Provisions, April 26 2012
Please include the following information in the BODY of your email:
Name
Organization (if applicable)
Address
Phone Number
Contact E-mail Address
Title of Hearing – “Hearing on Certain Expiring Tax Provisions”
Please attach your submission as a Word document in order for it to be considered for the record. Include the information of the person(s) and/or organization(s) to whom the statement will be attributed. The names of these person(s) and/or organization(s) will be listed in the Table of Contents and printed in the record. Please also include your name, organization (if applicable), address, contact phone number and email address. A supplemental sheet may be used for contact information. If instructions are not followed correctly or pertinent information is not included, the Committee reserves the right to refuse the submission.
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Sample submission (from http://www.wind-watch.org):
For 20 years, taxpayers have propped up the wind energy industry. Despite the many tens of billions of dollars ($14 billion last year) given to them via the production tax credit, the more recent investment tax credit, and other tax and regulatory provisions, as well as loan guarantees and outright grants, the industry still comes begging.
And even after 20 years of such largesse, the industry can not show any meaningful benefit concerning any energy, pollution, or carbon problem.
Instead, rural communities have been left divided, landscapes degraded, bird and bat populations threatened, and already dwindling natural habitats destroyed.
I urge you to END the Production Tax Credit, the Investment Tax Credit, and any other federal support of industrial wind energy.
Madison Matters 