Extension and modification of incentives for renewable electricity property wind production tax credit and modification of other renewable energy credits. Under current law, taxpayers can claim a 2.2 cent per kilowatt hour tax credit for wind electricity produced for a 10-year period from a wind facility placed-in-service by the end of 2012 (the wind production tax credit). The bill extends through 2013 the production tax credit for wind. The provision also modifies section 45 to allow renewable energy facilities that begin construction before the end of 2013 to claim the 10-year credit, and amends section 45 to clarify that commonly recycled paper is excluded from qualifying from the production tax credit. This provision is estimated to have a net of cost $12.109 billion over ten years.

The proposal also extends the production and investment credit for wind facilities, which was scheduled to expire December 31, 2012, to wind facilities for which construction begins before January 1, 2014.

Hvis en vindmøllefarm blot skal være påbegyndt inden 1. januar 2014 for at få skattefordel, så er sagen jo klar for alle energiselskaber: Det gælder om at få sat gang i de størst mulige projekter, der kan opdrives. Jo større jo bedre. Det gør ikke noget, at det tager 5-10 år at blive helt færdig med projekterne, bare de er påbegyndt i 2013. Det må uden tvivl skabe en eksplosion af ordrer uden sidestykke. De næste 10 års ordrer til det amerikanske marked kan meget vel komme i 2013.

2013 tegner til at blive et ulykkesår for dem, der har shortet Vestas

Vestas kan meget vel komme op over kurs 100 igen i løbet af meget kort tid. Tidligere tiders forlængelse af skatterabatten har i fortiden presset Vestas op omkring kurs 700, men det er nok for meget at forvente lige nu.

Kilde:

http://www.gop.gov/bill/113/1/hr8senateamendments