House of Solar

Friends,

Congress is set to vote on the future of solar in America in the next 36 hours.

The Senate has included the critical clean energy tax incentives–including an 8 year extension of the 30% investment tax credit, with removal of residential caps–in the bailout package (aka the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008). This adds a significant job development enhancement to the package–according to this study by Navigant, 1.2 million of them.  Now the bailout is not just greenbacks for Wallstreet, but also green jobs for Mainstreet, if you will. The bill will likely pass the Senate tonight, but prospects in the House are much more uncertain.

If you want to see the tax credits go through, call your representative in the House to urge their support for the Senate-passed Stabilization Bill.

-Call Instructions-

1) Call the Capitol Hill Switchboard (202-224-3121) and ask for your House Member’s office number.

2) When you call the office, state your name and location and ask to be transferred to the Chief of Staff.  If she/he isn’t available, ask to leave a message for her/him.

3) Sample message: “My name is _____ and I am calling from (location) to urge Representative XX to vote “YES” on the Economic Stabilization bill coming over from the Senate. 

The clean energy tax incentives extender package was added to the bill, and if signed into law, 1.2 million employment opportunities, including 440,000 permanent jobs, and $232 billion in new investment would be generated in the U.S. by the solar energy sector alone through 2016.

Thank you in advance for building the clean energy economy of tomorrow by voting YES on the Economic Stabilization Bill coming over from the Senate.”