Senate sidesteps vote on PTC extension

The Senate today sidestepped an opportunity to extend a key wind industry tax break when Democratic leaders declined to schedule a vote on a bipartisan amendment to a small-business tax bill. Supporters saw an amendment offered by Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) as an opportunity to demonstrate bipartisan support for extending the wind production tax credit, which expires at the end of this year, because the amendment avoided political controversies that have helped sink earlier efforts to extend the PTC (E&E Daily, July 12). [ read more … ]