Bureau of Land Management, EIS No. American Wind Energy Association, Wind Energy Weekly, April 22, 1996. Gipe, Paul, Domestic Doldrums, Independent Energy, November 1996. Also, New York Times, January 7, 1997. The Electricity Journal, Volume 10, May 1997 and the New York Times, March 20, 1997.
Net generation is gross generation minus plant use.
In an effort to stimulate domestic energy sources, the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Section 1916, extended the 10-percent business tax credits for solar equipment indefinitely, retroactive to June 30, 1992. Investors in or purchasers of qualified solar energy property can take the credit on up to 10 percent of the investment or purchase price and installment amount. Section 1914 established a 1.5-cent per kilowatthour electricity production incentive for qualifying facilities. Even if stock data are only approximate, conventional energy stocks are normally a small percentage of production. Because the MECS is based on the Bureau of the Census Annual Survey of Manufacturers, EIA does not know the identity of MECS respondents.