Is the Wind Industry Prepared for an Expiration of Its Tax Credit?

The Energy Gang

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🗓️ 7 November 2013

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The wind industry is facing another expiration of the production tax credit at the end of the year, and this time it likely won't get extended quickly. So is the wind industry prepared for a post-PTC future? This week, the Energy Gang will debate the merits of the PTC, whether the industry can thrive without it, and question whether the wind lobby has screwed up the opportunity to develop policy beyond the tax credit. We'll also look at the significance of SolarCity's recent effort to securitize rooftop solar projects, and examine the impact of this week's local elections on energy issues. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	For the week of November 6th, 2013, this is the Energy Gang Podcast from Green
0:09.8	Tech Media. media.
0:17.0	I'm Stephen Lacey, a senior editor at Green Tech Media behind the microphone as usual in Washington, D.C. With me are my two co-hosts here in
0:26.2	Washington, lover of all things energy policy related, Catherine Hamilton, the founder of
0:30.8	38 North Solutions. Hey there Catherine. Hey great to be here
0:34.8	another beautiful fall day in Washington DC. Absolutely fall kicks in late here
0:38.8	but when it does it's beautiful. And coming to us from an undisclosed black site in Norway is Jigger Shaw, energy futurist and author of the book Creating Climate Wealth.
0:48.0	Jigger, what's got you in Norway this week?
0:50.0	Well, you know, I'm trying to tap into the data feeds between Google and Yahoo's data centers.
0:57.0	And I'm having a little bit of trouble, but we'll get it done.
1:00.0	Are you working with the NSA? Clean Energy Investor and NSA Spy, Jigger Shaw.
1:08.0	You're going to be back in the country for our live show next week, right?
1:12.0	Yeah, I'm actually flying back tomorrow the country for our live show next week, right?
1:13.0	Yeah, I'm actually flying back tomorrow.
1:14.4	I think the live show is actually going to be a ton of fun.
1:17.3	And I also think it'll be full with John Wallinghoff being there.
1:23.0	Yeah, it's going to be great.
1:25.0	And just a reminder that that's going to be at the Marriott Metro Center in downtown DC on November 12th, next Tuesday.
1:30.0	It's the MDV-C-S Solar Focus Conference.
1:33.0	We will have John Wellinghoff there, the outgoing chairman of FERC, and he's going to be pretty candid, I think.
1:39.0	Tickets are 25 bucks and can be purchased at MDVCA slash Solar Focus 2013.
1:47.0	All right, so on to this week's agenda.
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