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OH Wind Industry: Wrong Time for Crunch Time

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Monday, July 23, 2012   

BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio - A little more than five months left and counting - and the ticker is headed down for jobs while time passes. That's the gist of a letter to congressional leaders, signed by Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Renacci, about the production tax credit. It's a benefit for new wind-energy production that expires at the end of the year, and the benefits trickle down to manufacturers in Ohio - such as Cardinal Fastener, Bedford Heights.

Company wind product sales manager Jeff Grabner describes what's at stake.

"Jobs, jobs and jobs. We can create jobs in the U.S., and most importantly, rebuild our economy."

He points to the tax credit's track record on jobs for the wind industry: 75,000 new positions nationwide in the past 20 years, with about 4,000 in Ohio. The production tax credit has bipartisan support, yet there also have been calls to let it expire.

Phyllis Cuttino, director of the Pew Environment Group Clean Energy Program, says indecision has put the industry in an unhealthy holding pattern.

"Causing this kind of turmoil and uncertainty in a market is completely unnecessary. There have been really no new orders for wind, and that is going to have a significant impact on jobs."

She adds that the tax credit would be temporary.

The letter is at http://bit.ly/LHaOOo.



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