This week was a busy one for US energy policy, and renewable energy tax credits were the focus of legislative battles and Obama-Romney campaign rhetoric. Republicans in the Senate dealt Romney a blow when the Senate Finance Committee passed a one-year extension of the wind energy tax credit. The deciding factor was when Republican Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa—where wind energy creates thousands of jobs—threatened to side with the Democrats if Team Romney insisted on removing the $3.3 million tax break. Also included in the tax…
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