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GreentechMedia reported on the congressional budget deal: "After a brief government shutdown, lawmakers passed a two-year budget deal that includes several key energy provisions... "The bill includes credits for fuel cells, energy efficiency, microturbines, combined heat and power, carbon capture, and nuclear power. The latter would extend nuclear benefits past 2020, allowing the country’s last large-scale nuclear project under construction, an expansion at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Georgia, to benefit. "Clean energy advocates cheered the inclusion of the credits, even as lawmakers stared down the impending deadline... “'This legislation provides the market certainty that will support investment in technologies like fuel cells, combined heat and power, energy efficiency, geothermal and advanced nuclear,' said Malcolm Woolf, Advanced Energy Economy’s senior vice president for policy."   See the full GreentechMedia story here.  

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Advanced Energy Economy Statement on President Trump’s State of the Union Address

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26, 2018 — Today, Advanced Energy Economy reacted in strong support of Governor Brown's Executive Order to boost the supply of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and charging and refueling stations in California. The order signed today implements the Governor's call for a new target of 5 million ZEVs in California by 2030 and expanded vehicle charging infrastructure, announced in his State of the State address yesterday.

San Francisco, Jan. 25, 2018 – Today, national business group Advanced Energy Economy released this statement in reaction to Governor Brown's State of the State speech:

Read the entire Hill Op-Ed here. 

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