Senate Finance Committee Letter by Robert Pforzheimer

Dear Finance Committee member,

Please DO NOT extend the production tax credit or any other tax breaks for industrial scale wind facilities. These projects are more destructive to the environment than beneficial. They fragment habitat, kill birds and bats, pollute wetlands, lower property values, and destroy the quality of life for rural communities.

Foreign LLC’s are benefitting from these tax breaks while contributing very little dispatchable power to the grid. Experience in Europe has shown that wind factories have not lived up to developers claims of lowering emissions or shutting down any other types of generation. Without your generous tax breaks no one would be building wind turbines. Investment in solar, geothermal, bio fuels, and especially conservation would accomplish far more toward our energy goals than destroying our environment with wind turbines.

Thank you for your consideration,

Robert Pforzheimer
Sutton, VT

Robert Pforzheimer
338 Michaud Dr.
Sutton, VT 05867
802 467 1108