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GET INVOLVED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY ISSUES
Let your voice be heard and help advance renewable energy
in the 18-county area!
Please contact your legislators by giving them a call or sending
them an email today.
Support and advocate for community wind energy in your community
by contacting your local officials
| WHAT: |
Develop locally owned, commercial-scale wind projects
that are owned by non-profit organizations, cooperatives,
local government bodies, school boards, tribal councils,
and others. |
| WHEN: |
Now |
| WHERE: |
In your community |
| ACTION: |
Contact either North American Water Office,
a sponsor of Community-Based Energy Development at www.NAWO.com
Or the Clean Energy Resource Team in your area by: www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org |
Support and advocate for renewable energy projects in your
area by taking advantage of the Clean Renewable Energy Bond
financing tool
| WHAT: |
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58)
provides electric cooperatives and public power systems
with an incentive financing tool — Clean Renewable
Energy Bonds (CREBs). A CREB is a special type of
bond, known as a "tax credit bond" that offers
cooperatives an equivalent of an interest-free loan for
financing qualified energy projects for a limited term. |
| WHEN: |
The CREB regulations are scheduled to be
issued in January 2006. |
| WHERE: |
Congress |
| ACTION: |
For more information, please contact Charles
Kubert at Environmental Law & Policy Center at www.elpc.org |
Support the change in the tax code to allow privately owned
wind projects to be financed with tax-exempt bonds
| WHAT: |
The Renewable Energy Finance Coalition (REFC)
is a national coalition that has identified renewable energy,
specifically wind power projects, as a new market for tax-exempt
financing. REFC is building on-going support among
developers, agricultural groups, farm bureaus, rural development
organizations, and wind energy advocacy groups. There
is no cost to join. |
| WHEN: |
Now |
| WHERE: |
Congress, Senate Finance Committee, Joint
Committee on Taxation |
| ACTION: |
To support this tax code change and for
further information, please contact www.refcoalition.com. |
Educate the regulators and public officials about anaerobic
digestion and the importance of raising the cap in net metering
regulations
| WHAT: |
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| WHEN: |
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| WHERE: |
Public Utilities Commission |
| ACTION: |
Contact your local legislator and policy
maker and ask them to support raising the cap in net metering
regulations. |
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