Des Moines, Iowa (January 22, 2019) — Survey results released today by the Iowa Environmental Council show that more than 74% of energy-efficiency employers in Iowa expect the severe cuts to utility-efficiency programs adopted by the legislature in the 2018 Legislative Session to hurt their business. More than half expect the cuts to result in layoffs over the next six to 12 months.

This past week, the U.S. House of Representatives proposed a tax bill that would have a disastrous effect on wind energy development in Iowa and the United States, threatening over 100,000 jobs. The proposed bill backs out of the bipartisan law that provides certainty and stability to the wind energy production tax credit, or PTC, a key federal policy that supports wind.

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