Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2013. Today Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act and the Center for American Progress, the Clean Energy States Alliance, the Sierra Club, and the U.S. Offshore Wind Collaboration released a jointly commissioned Brattle Group report, which shows that even without federal subsidies, offshore wind can be cost competitive with electricity from natural gas by 2024. Further, this report finds that building an American offshore wind industry would have minimal effect on consumers—a large majority of whom are willing to pay this slight increase for homegrown clean energy that creates jobs, protects public health, and leads to greater energy independence.
