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The article presents a speech by U.S. Senator Charles Grassley delivered on the Senate floor on December 11, 2012, concerning a legislative proposal to extend the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy, which was due to expire as of the end of 2012. He explains his support for the bill, citing factors including jobs in the wind energy industry and the benefits of domestic versus foreign energy sources.

An excerpt is presented from testimony by the author, executive director of the Industrial Wind Action Group advocacy organization, at an April 2012 hearing of two subcommittees of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on the subject of tax incentives for wind energy.

The article presents a speech by U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander delivered on the Senate floor on February 12, 2012, concerning a legislative proposal to extend the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy, which was due to expire as of the end of 2012. He explains his opposition to the bill, saying wind power has already received sufficient federal subsidies and noting complaints about wind farms from local residents.

The article presents a speech by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow delivered on the Senate floor on March 12, 2012, concerning a legislative proposal to extend the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) and other clean energy tax incentives which were due to expire as of the end of 2012. She explains her support for the bill, citing factors including the potential for job creation in the wind energy and other renewable energy industries.

An excerpt is presented from testimony by the author, chief executive of wind power equipment company Winergy Drive Systems Corp., at an April 2012 hearing of two subcommittees of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on the subject of tax incentives for renewable energy.

The article presents a speech by U.S. Senator Mark Udall delivered on the Senate floor on January 4, 2013, concerning legislation which passed in December 2012 to extend the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy, which had been due to expire at the end of 2012. He expresses thanks for the passage of the bill and explains his support for it, citing factors including jobs in the wind energy industry and revenue streams for rural communities hosting wind farms.

The article looks at U.S. government policy in the area of wind energy, as of 2013. It summarizes the history of the development and use of wind power and discusses its advantages and disadvantages as an energy source. It describes the U.S. renewable energy production tax credit (PTC), noting it was created in 1992 and has been repeatedly extended.

The article looks at actions taken by the U.S. Congress during 2012 and 2013 related to tax incentives for the expansion of wind power in the U.S. It notes that the Production Tax Credit (PTC), originally created in 1992 and renewed repeatedly, was due to expire at the end of 2012. It reports that a spring 2012 effort to renew it failed but that it was renewed as part of a larger fiscal policy bill in January 2013.