Federal Energy Incentives Are Drifting in the Wind

A wind turbine can power up to 600 homes, but 600 homeowners can't get together to own a wind turbine. Why? Because federal law makes local ownership virtually impossible. The federal wind-energy incentives -- up for renewal this year -- discriminate against local ownership and favor absentee ownership. They also severely restrict the number of investors who can finance wind-energy generators.

View the full text of the op-ed by ILSR's John Farrell, published today in the Minneapolis Star Tribune