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Exelon Urges Employees to Lobby Congress to End Wind Tax Credit
Dec 14, 2012

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Dec. 14, 2012—Exelon Corp., a utility company headquartered in Chicago, sent a letter to its employees urging them to ask their representatives to not extend the production tax credit (PTC) for wind power. Without action by Congress, the tax credit will expire at the end of 2012.

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Key Companies

CompanyContributedRelated bill positions
General Electric$3,789,5336
United Association $3,431,6787
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association$3,161,56011

Key Legislators

SenatorsParty/StateRelated bills sponsored
Mazie Hirono[D-HI]145
Bob Menéndez[D-NJ]116
Lisa Murkowski[R-AK]112
House MembersParty/StateRelated bills sponsored
Raúl Grijalva[D-AZ]252
Earl Blumenauer[D-OR]222
Ed Markey[D-MA]170

Key Industries

IndustryContributedRelated bill positions
Electric Power utilities$19,715,68027
Gas & Electric Utilities$17,903,26414
Major (multinational) oil & gas producers$11,894,03015
Numbers on this page (except for Latest Bills) include latest available data for contributions and bill positions starting January 1, 2007 through the present. For date range numbers on Latest Bills, visit the bill page.