Energy Policy
Rep. Barca: Wind energy holds the key to rapid Wisconsin job growth
A news release issued by State Rep. Peter Barca (D-Kenosha): Last year Wisconsin made great progress on wind energy and there was bipartisan enthusiasm for advancements in this cutting-edge industry. A wind energy bill was approved last session with a two-thirds majority in both houses – including the leaders of both parties. Organizations such as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Solar energy makes gains, but policy puts future in question
From an article by in the La Crosse Tribune: When the sun shines, Al Schultz makes money. Specifically, the 32 photovoltaic panels on his roof turn the sun’s rays into electricity that powers his home in Ebner Coulee. If he doesn’t need the power, he sells it to Xcel Energy. “There is a certain peace [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Twenty-four governors, not including Walker, ask Obama to extend tax credits for wind project investments
From a news release on the Web site of the American Wind Energy Association: Iowa, Aug. 24—A coalition of 24 governors from both major parties and each region of the country has asked the administration to take a series of steps to provide a more favorable business climate for the development of wind energy, starting [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )State urged to beef up clean energy policies to create jobs
From an article by Judy Newman in the Wisconsin State Journal: Two reports show Wisconsin has a significant renewable power industry, but with a stronger state commitment, it could be saving more energy and creating more jobs. Wisconsin has more than 300 businesses involved in wind or solar energy, providing more than 12,000 jobs, according [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )PSC’s cost-benefit test unfairly penalizes renewables
An e-mail exchange between Burke O’Neal (Full Spectrum Solar), Robert Norcross (Public Service Commission of Wisconsin – PSC), and Niels Wolter (Madison Solar Consulting) illustrates the agency’s institutional bias against renewable energy in Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy program. Excerpts from O’Neal’s e-mail (Harming WI Industry: Poor Handling of Focus on Energy Renewables Program) to the PSC and Governor Walker: [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )State’s political climate endangers forward-thinking energy policies
From a commentary on Left Business Brain by Tom Breuer: Prehistoric life forms may have been contributors to our current fossil fuel-based economy, but prehistoric thinking has no place in our modern deliberations about energy policy. That’s why a blog post published last week by RENEW Wisconsin Executive Director Michael Vickerman is so alarming. In [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Iowa leads the Midwest in reaping wind energy benefits, Wisconsin heads backward
By contrast, an article by Michael Vickerman details Wisconsin’s Widening War on Renewable Energy.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wisconsin & Midwest Economies Would Get Boost From Clean Energy Investment, Study Finds
From a news release issued by the Union of Concerned Scientists: By Adopting Stronger Renewable Energy and Efficiency Targets, States in Region Would Create Jobs and Save Consumers Money CHICAGO (July 19, 2011) – Midwest residents would pay less for electricity, have more job opportunities, and breathe healthier air if their state adopted stronger clean [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )National Study Vindicates Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Policies
Immediate release July 18, 2011 More information Michael Vickerman Executive Director 608.255.4044 mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org National Study Vindicates Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Policies Nearly a decade of forward-looking strategies propelled investments in Wisconsin’s clean jobs economy above other Midwest states, according to an economic study issued by The Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan public policy organization in Washington, D.C. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wisconsin’s Widening War on Renewable Energy
Dramatic Slowdown in Market Activity Anticipated By Michael Vickerman July 11, 2011 What started out as an opening salvo from the Walker Administration to shackle large-scale wind projects has in six months turned into a systematic campaign to dismantle the state policies that support renewable energy development. Joining the executive and legislative branches in pursuing [...]
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