Sign On to the GREEN Act Letter by COB Today!
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Thanking House Ways and Means for Residential Credit Inclusion, Urging Reconsideration of the Commercial Credit Exclusion
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Dear BTU Act Coalition,
Thanks to those that have signed onto the
coalition letter to the House Ways & Means Committee
Chairman Richard Neal and Congressman Mike Thompson, who is leading the GREEN Act effort.
There is still time to add your organization to the letter if you have not done so!
In large part, due to the coalition's support earlier this year, we were successful in getting
certain provisions of the BTU Act included in the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act
discussion draft, which was released by the House Ways and Means Committee on November 19. That draft includes the residential (section 25D) investment tax credit for high efficiency biomass heating equipment, but not the business (section 48) credit. The GREEN Act is expected to be the vehicle for major renewable energy tax reforms, possibly before the end of the year.
We have a narrow window of
opportunity to persuade the Ways and Means Committee
to reconsider this and include BOTH the residential and business credits.
The deadline for signatures on this letter is the close of business TODAY.
If you wish to support this effort, please respond to this email indicating your name, title, organization or company, and town and state in which your organization or company is located. The letter will be sent to the Ways and Means Committee on Monday, December 9.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this request and for your support of the BTU Act.
Please feel free to forward this notice to your contacts.
Draft Coalition letter here >>
Best,
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Peter Thompson
Project Coordinator
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We thank those that have already signed on!
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Jeff Serfass
Executive Director, Biomass Thermal Energy Council
Washington, DC
Jay Clark
Vice President, AFS Energy Systems
Lemoyne, PA
John Ackerly
President, Alliance for Green Heat
Tacoma Park, MD
John Siegenthaler, P.E
Consulting Engineer, Appropriate Designs
Holland Patent, NY
Dane Floyd
CEO, Biomass Engineering and Equipment
Indianapolis, IN
Collin Miller
Certified Forester
Hobart, NY
Gregg Mast
Executive Director, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Dwyer Haney
CEO & Founder, Cole Forge Stoves LLC
Hinesburg, VT
Patrick Curran
President, Curran Renewable Energy, LLC
Massena, NY
John P. Nelson
General Manager, DH Smith and Sons, LLC
Marshfield, MA
Kris Loomis
Territory Manager, Ehrhart Energy
Trumansburg, NY
John K. Bartow, Jr.
Executive Director, Empire State Forest Products Association
Rensselaer, NY
Jonathan Parrott, Ph.D.
Owner, Flat Rock Farm
Chesterfield, MA
Rob Davis
President, Forest Energy Corporation
Show Low, AZ
Jeff Forward
LEED® AP, Forward Thinking Consultants, LLC
Richmond, VT
Harold L. Arnold
President, Fram Renewable Fuels LLC
Hazlehurst, GA
William Strauss, PhD
President, FutureMetrics LLC
Bethel, ME
Steve Quick
Superintendent, Harney County School District 3
Burns, OR
Jack Goldman
President & CEO, Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association
Arlington, VA
Lori Cheek
Manager, High Desert Biomass Cooperative
Burns, OR
Charles Levesque
President, Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC
Antrim NH
Richard Grondin
President, Integrated Energy Systems, PLLC
Falmouth, ME
Brett Jordan
CEO, Lignetics Inc.
Louisville CO (plants in OR, ID, WI, WV, VA, PA, NY, NH and ME)
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Randy Carter
Plant Manager, Lignetics, Inc.
Kenbridge, VA
Adam Charron, Process Engineer
Luann Lafreniere, Purchasing/Quality Manager
Lignetics of New England
Jaffrey, NH
Leslie Otten
President, Maine Energy Systems
Bethel, ME
Bill Bell
Executive Director, Maine Pellet Fuels Association
Portland, ME
Chris Egan
Executive Director, Massachusetts Forest Alliance
Marlborough, MA
Jeremy Mortl
President, Messersmith Manufacturing Inc.
Bark River, MI
Caroline Peat
Program Manager, Mid-Atlantic Bioenergy Council
Meadville, PA
Maura Adams
Program Director, Northern Forest Center
Concord, NH
Sarah Boggess
Chair, Board of Directors, NY Bioenergy Association
Rensselaer, NY
Daniel H Smith Jr.
Owner, Pine Mill Farm, Pembroke, MA
Owner, DH Smith and Sons, LLC
Marshfield, MA
Dana Doran
Executive Director, Professional Logging Contractors of Maine
Augusta, ME
Mike Albrecht
President, Sierra Resource Management, Inc.
Sonora, CA
Eric Rund
Rund Farms - Green Flame Energy
Pesotum, IL
Jon A. McLaughlin
Executive Director, Southern Aroostook Development Corp.
Houlton, ME
Charles H. Cagle
Senior Warden, St Andrews Episcopal Church
Burns, OR
David Frank
SunWood Biomass
Waitsfield, VT
Dylan Kruse
Director of Government Affairs & Program Strategy, Sustainable Northwest
Portland, OR
Emanuel Wagner
Program Director, Technology Transition Corporation
Washington, DC
Tony “TJ” Morice
Managing Member, TNT Ventures LLC
Marathon, WI
Matt King
Renewable Energy Program Director, Wallowa Resources Community Solutions Inc.
Enterprise, OR
Dan Wilson
Vice President, Wilson Engineering Services
Charlotte, NC
Meadville, PA
Andrew Haden
President, Wisewood Energy
Portland, Oregon
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Mission
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) advances the sustainable use of wood and agricultural biomass for clean, efficient heat and combined heat and power to meet America's energy needs and strengthen local economies.
Vision
By 2025, the use of sustainable wood and agricultural biomass for thermal (heating and cooling) and combined heat and power (CHP) is a mainstream energy choice. Residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial customers choose it as an affordable, clean, efficient, and carbon beneficial alternative to fossil fuels. Distributed energy from biomass thermal/CHP provides reliability and resiliency to America's energy infrastructure, and efficient use of biomass resources. Policies at the local, state, regional, and federal levels support thermal/CHP from biomass equally with respect to other renewable sources of energy. Thermal/CHP from biomass enables sustainable land and resource management, and provides improved soil and forest health, improved water and air quality, and reduced wildfire risks. Thermal/CHP from biomass drives local job growth and economic vitality across America's rural and urban communities.
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