The tax bill passed by Congress in the last days of the lame duck session last month has provisions that reinstate tax breaks for the wind power industry. When those breaks expired, it brought new wind development almost to a dead calm. South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Steve Kolbeck says those breaks should help get the wind industry back on its feet…
Kolbeck says wind developers have had to deal with stop and go federal policy…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/01/STEVEKOLBECK112B.mp3|titles=STEVEKOLBECK112B]Kolbeck says the same problems could come back when the tax deal expires…
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