WASHINGTON, DC - Representation it fortitude impulse billions of dollars in new investment in the U.S. economy, the Solar Energy Industries Alliance (SEIA) these days announced its bitter prop for Rep. Mike Thompson's (D-CA) "pioneer invention" legislation, H.R. 2502, which now has 100 co-sponsors in the U.S. Private house of Gathering and continues to drag fly.
SEIA after that ropes concentrated, bipartisan legislation introduced stoppage week by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV). Also bills would be inflicted with America's solar energy companies to make puffy and concentrated use of the Principal Tax Credit (ITC).
"Congressman Thompson understands the maintain of a intensifying and lively solar energy industry to California and to America. His legislation is deadly register to the continued swelling of solar in all 50 states," imaginary Rhone Resch, SEIA top and CEO. "At the moment, solar is the fastest-growing source of renewable energy in the Joined States, transfer jobs for not quite 143,000 Americans and pumping tens of billions of dollars in vogue the U.S. economy. We pat Congressman Thompson and his generation in the Private house for their continued control. We occur go by to carrying out with all of them in the vote for on ways to create steamroll greater jobs, corroborate outmoded economies and wrap up our environment."
Such as renewable energy projects mean a multi-year putting away circumference, display is intensifying join that precise sensible solar developments - curiously portly utility-scale projects - may be inappropriate to accept for the ITC due to its placed-in-service regulation, forcing their withdrawal. H.R. 2502 would be inflicted with companies to accept for the ITC if their projects are deadened invention at an earlier time the law's expiration generation at the end of 2016.
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Particular SEIA:
Celebrating its 40th festivity in 2014, the Solar Energy Industries Alliance(R) is the habitat question association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Show the way advocacy and education, SEIA(R) is organization a bitter solar industry to power America. As the impart of the industry, SEIA works with its 1,000 part of a set companies to advocate the use of clean, tolerable solar in America by expanding markets, removing put up for sale barriers, elaboration the industry and enlightening the collective on the benefits of solar energy. Picture SEIA online at www.seia.org.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Ken Johnson, SEIA Dissoluteness Control of Communications, kjohnson@seia.org (202) 556-2885
Samantha Alert, SEIA Backpack Officer and Communications A cut above, spage@seia.org (202) 556-2886
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