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Federal Energy Incentives Are Drifting in the Wind

By New Rules Staff on May 1, 2008

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A wind turbine can power up to 600 homes, but 600 homeowners can't get together to own a wind turbine. Why? Because federal law makes local ownership virtually impossible. The federal wind-energy incentives -- up for renewal this year -- discriminate against local ownership and favor absentee ownership. They also severely restrict the number of investors who can finance wind-energy generators.

View the full text of the op-ed by ILSR's John Farrell, published today in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

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