[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT, ENERGY: Texas wind farm bill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Frank files bill to limit tax credits for wind projects

by Christopher M. Collins 
Wichita Falls Times Record News 
November 25, 2016


State Rep. James Frank (R-Wichita Falls) wasn't bluffing earlier this year when he said he'd file a bill to limit tax incentives for wind energy projects that encroach on military airspace.

This week, Frank did just that by filing the Military Aviation Safety Act, a measure that would take away tax exemptions for wind farms built within a 30-mile radius of Texas military bases. The bill is one outcome of an increasingly divisive situation in Wichita Falls, where military officials, landowners and business leaders have railed against the possible construction of wind energy developments in the general vicinity of Sheppard Air Force Base.

At a Henrietta town hall meeting in March, two high-ranking Sheppard officials said that wind turbines in nearby Clay County could unduly interfere with base radar operations and pilot training missions. The interference could be so great, they warned, that the Pentagon might opt to move Sheppard's mission to another city.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/25/frank-files-bill-limit-tax-credits-wind-projects/94429046/

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Lenny Siegel
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