A sampling of the wind related elements of the recently signed stimulus package.

  • A 3-year Production Tax Credit (PTC) extension through the end of 2012
  • A new $6 billion Department of Energy renewable energy and transmission loan guarantee program, which should fund around $60 billion in principal amount of guaranteed loans
  • Authority for the Western Area Power Administration to borrow up to $3.25 billion from the Treasury to build renewable transmission lines in the western United States.