“We don’t view the debt ceiling or Budget Control Act (BCA) process as much of a threat or opportunity, the reason being they (Congress’ deficit Supercommittee, tasked with identifying up to $1.5trn in additional cuts) have a specific assignment to use the Congressional Budget Office 2013 budget baseline, and that baseline includes no wind tax credits,” American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) public policy head Rob Gramlich tells Recharge.

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