BIG BACKING FOR WISC NEW ENERGY BY BUSINESS, SCIENCE

Clean Wisconsin: 200 businesses pledge support for Clean Energy Jobs Act; Regionally diverse large and small businesses among supporters
Keith Reopelle, March 24, 2010 (Wis Business)

"In a show of support for the Clean Energy Jobs Act, the Wisconsin business community delivered a letter signed by 200 Wisconsin businesses to state legislators… highlighting the economic and job-creation benefits of strong energy efficiency and renewable energy policies…"

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"Studies have repeatedly demonstrated the job-creation potential of the Clean Energy Jobs Act. A recent study from the Office of Energy Independence estimates that the bill would create over 15,000 jobs in the state…

["Raising the Bar in Wisconsin]…by the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that securing 25 percent of the state’s renewable electricity by 2025, a main provision of the bill, is affordable and easily achievable. In fact, the report illustrates that generating 25 percent of Wisconsin’s current electricity load would require only 5 percent of the state’s renewable energy potential…"

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"With 200 businesses showing their support, the letter dwarfed an opposition letter recently delivered by the conservative lobby organization Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce that included only 41 signatories…"