Newsmaker: Grassley expects lame duck session to address wind tax credit

Office of Sen. Chuck Grassley
Renewable Energy   Policy
By Edward Felker on September 12, 2012

Sen. Charles Grassley has a message for wind power companies: hang on until after Election Day.

Grassley, R-Iowa, said in an interview with EnergyGuardian that the pending tax breaks bill containing a one-year extension of the wind Production Tax Credit will not be taken up by the Senate until Congress returns to Washington in November for a post-election session.

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