In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader-elect Kevin McCarthy, both Republicans, Pompeo and 53 other back benchers say that the PTC is part of their “fight to end crony subsidies for energy corporations.”

They called the PTC among the “the most anti-competitive and economically harmful tax provisions.” They contend that under President Barack Obama, federal subsidies for wind have grown from $476m per year to $4.98bn.

“Proponents