S. 673, The Rural Wind Energy Development Act (3 comments ↓)
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S. 673 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses.
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MN Farm Folks
April 11, 2007, 11:20am (report abuse)This is an excellent bill. We need incentives like this to help ordinary people utilize wind energy. We hope that it passes.
KY Farm Folks
April 24, 2007, 2:02pm (report abuse)We agree! This is a really good bill that would not only help reduce the already crippling load on the grid and help get the wind generator industry into high gear, but finally make it much more economically feasible for small farms to take advantage of a very eco-friendly source of energy. This, in turn, would help insure our very survival as energy prices soar through the roof. I really see it as a win-win situation for every body. I sincerely hope it passes as well!
Kansas Rural Homeowner
February 6, 2008, 9:24am (report abuse)Great Bill!! Would be great to see these pop up on rural homes & farms. Would like to see Kansas as well move to net metering! The technology is available let provide some incentive to use it!!
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