Business, trade unions and the Greens unite behind tax credits to strengthen the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing
Washington, DC (Vocus) 29 September 2010
Alliance for efficiency in production has sent letters to the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee reaffirms its support for tax credits to the widespread use of combined heat and power, and promote technical energy from waste.
Such an arrangement is already in S. 1639 (sponsored by Senators Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, and Olympia Snowe, R-ME), HR 4751 sponsored (by Rep. Paul Tonko, D-NY, and Dean Heller, R- NV), and the ways and means committee a draft package of energy tax. If adopted, the provision would create from both parties and the preservation of jobs in the industry, including manufacturing, installation and operation of power-heat-recovery equipment and waste of energy.
â? The industrial sector is a major consumer of energy, but it? s often in the search for energy efficiency, overlooked? Said Tom Casten, chairman of Recycled Energy Development. â? Manufacturers, their waste of energy can typically reduce energy costs by 20 percent recyclable, making them more competitive, while reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Companies can then reinvest these savings to hire more workers and expand production.â?
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, combined heat may-20 percent of production capacity in the U.S. in 2030 to offer a proven technology, creating almost a million jobs and CO2 emissions by over 800 million tons per year. Combined heat-improved energy efficiency and economy in general, less than conventional production.
â? By the way industrial energy efficiency incentives have led Congress to our men and women back to work rebuilding America. “Said Michael J. Sullivan, president of the Sheet Metal Internationa l (SMWIA) and President of the Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management (PIL-MA), NATO last week stepped forward.” This bill will help revive to the manufacturing Commercial and begin to take jobs back from abroad. “
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assume that good for business, the legislation will be present for America, a new clean energy policy bill, even without global climate.
“Improving energy efficiency in our plants should be cut to reduce the foundation for a great climate and energy policy, greenhouse gas emissions, dependence on fossil fuels and making America more dominated his competition? said Phyllis Cuttino, director of the Pew Environment Group? s climate and energy program.
recycled energy, wasting the energy captured from industrial plants, now receives no tax benefit. Combined heat and power, a very efficient process, the electricity and heat produced on site (also known as CHP or cogeneration known), currently only 10 percent is tax credit for investment for the first 15 megawatts of the project, limited to 50 megawatts in size . Legislative proposals in the House and Senate would be more projects by promoting the cap, the application of the tax credit for a project? The first 25 megawatts and adding a tax credit of 30 percent recycled energy and combined heat and power projects with returns of over 70 percent. For comparison, the average U.S. power plant only 33 percent effective.
signatories of the Alliance for Industrial Efficiencyâ letter s are
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national companies and electricity suppliers
* ArcelorMittal USA
* Basin Electric
Capstone Turbine Corporation
Caterpillar
Cummins Power Generation
The Dow Chemical Company
Fluor
GE Energy
Ingersoll Rand
Libbey Glass Inc.
LS Power
Mosaic Company
Ormat
Nevada Power
PPG Industries
primary energy
Recycled Energy Development
Saint-Gobain Containers
Solar Turbines
United Technologies Corporation
Veolia Energy North America Holdings
Contractor groups and associations
American Chemistry Council
American Forest & Paper Association
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transfer institutions (ASERTTI)
The Manufacturers Association of the Union
Resources Council electricity consumers
Industry Council of the glass manufacturing
Association International Energy Agency District
Mechanical Contractors Association of America
* Montana SMACNA
National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
National Council for Advanced Manufacturing
National Electrical Contractors Association
* + Pharmaceuticals workforce management
Association
Sheet metal working machines
Contractorsâ and air conditioning? National
Association
Foundersâ steel? Society of America
U.S. CHP Association’s
profit / labor / environmental groups
Alliance to Save Energy
Apollo Alliance
Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Center for American Progress Action Fund
* Climate Institute
Energy Future Coalition
Environment America
* Environmental Law and Policy Centre
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Northeast-Midwest Institute
* Pew Environment Group
Sheet Metal Workers International Association
Sierra Club
USW U.S.
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World Alliance for Decentralized Energy Systems
State enterprises and local
ACCO Engineered Systems (California, Washington,
Idaho, Nevada)
CAB Sheet Metal Company
* Alphabet Power (California)
Avalon Consulting, Inc. (Illinois)
* Barnes & Dodge Inc (Kansas)
BHP Energy
(Ohio)
Butters-Fetting Co., Inc. (Wisconsin)
Calnetix Power Solution, Inc. (Florida)
* Cascade Energy Group (Washington)
Charles P. Blouin, Inc. (New Hampshire)
A Circle? Ra? Mechanics, Inc. (Indiana)
Climate Energy
(Massachusetts)
DCO Energy
(New Jersey)
Dresser-Rand/Aircogen
(Massachusetts)
* Dry Coolers Inc. (Michigan)
* Earthwise Energy Technologies (Rhode Iceland)
E-Finity Distributed Generation (Pennsylvania)
ECR International (New York)
Enduring Energy LLC (Illinois)
* Enercon Engineering Inc. (Illinois)
Energenics LLC (New Jersey)
Energy Solutions Center (Washington, DC)
Ernest D. Menold, Inc. (Pennsylvania)
Five Star Motors (Texas)
GEM Inc.
(Ohio and Georgia)
* Guardian Industries (Michigan)
* Hyvac Inc. (Florida)
Interstate Power Solutions (Missouri)
KGRA Energy Corporation (Illinois)
Lewis and Lambert Industries, Inc. (Texas)
Matherly Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (Oklahoma)
Melrose Metal Products (California)
Manufacturer
Midwest, LLC (Oklahoma)
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new energy loop (Illinois)
Office Solutions Power Energy (New York)
pumps and Service (New Mexico and Texas)
Reagan Equipment
(Florida and Louisiana)
Solutions
Regatta (California)
RHP Mechanical Systems (Nevada)
RSP Systems (New York)
Libbe companies Rudolph (Ohio and Michigan)
Sheet Metal Engineering, Inc. (Iowa)
* South Jersey Energy Solutions (New Jersey)
* Stromberg Metal Works Inc. (Maryland)
Tal-Mar Custom Metal (Illinois)
Air Turbine System (Texas)
Turbo Team (Massachusetts)
Tweet / Garot (Wisconsin)
Unison Solutions
(Iowa)
Westside Mechanical Sales (Illinois)
Zeledyne (Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
* New
signatures since 12 April 2010 letter
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