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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:24.0pt;color:black'>SEIA
Action Alert – July 10, 2008 </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
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<strong>PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW. </strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='color:black'>CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY!</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear SEIA Members:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Yesterday the Senate passed the Medicare “Doc Fix” bill,
breaking a long standing filibuster. This breakthrough was the result
of a highly energized grassroots effort by medical professionals across the
country. <em><b>Grassroots pressure by the solar community should
be able to produce the same result.</b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Next week another vote on HR 6049 (8 year ITC extension)
is planned. We must win this vote.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>SEIA is asking all members to
contact their Senators TODAY and urge them to pass HR 6049, the <em>Renewable
Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008</em> and extend vital energy tax
provisions. <strong>THIS WILL BE ONE OF OUR LAST OPPORTUNITIES
THIS CONGRESS FOR A LONG-TERM ITC EXTENSION! </strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Below are your talking points:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>·<span style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span>Not extending solar credits is an enormous tax increase that will cost
American jobs and worsen our already struggling economy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>·<span style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span>Current federal tax credits that provide incentives to spur the growth
of solar energy are set to expire at the end of the year. Without the credits
the solar energy industry will lose 39,400 jobs and $8 billion in
investments: "Economic Impacts of the Tax Credit Expiration" -
Study by Navigant Consulting <span style='color:blue'><a
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<p class=MsoNormal>·<span style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span>Any day now the Senate will have an opportunity to extend the
commercial and residential solar tax credits. <strong>Time is
running out to find a bi-partisan compromise.</strong> Both sides must
redouble their efforts to prevent the loss of additional jobs in our
faltering economy. It is time to get the job done. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>·<span style='font-size:7.0pt'>
</span>Please see the following link below for SEIA’s new fact sheet on real
world job and investment loss without an extension of the ITC:<o:p></o:p></p>
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href="http://www.seia.glmailmx04.com/util/link.jsp?e=6fVN3cfCsv93ixjEuWNZrahw0TcWjJA55gu0uqjiw4LLzkN6ukz3vN-qA76GUe46S&s=0r2Z1&v=1TLV_20hpXU0.A"
target="_blank" title="http://seia.org/ITC%20Fact%20Sheet%206.24.08.pdf"><span
style='color:purple'>http://seia.org/ITC%20Fact%20Sheet%206.24.08.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><br>
<strong>Please forward this email to your company colleagues,
family, friends, and others who support solar. For additional
guidance please see the phone script below.</strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><br>
</span></b><span style='color:black'>To locate your Senators’ Washington
phone number, go to <a
href="http://www.seia.glmailmx04.com/util/link.jsp?e=7dj4Jpyu1bzFDgrz26G82_QzeUzxZweXjONwOgneOwr5KnjhmW5fiQX_mEFDipKfe&s=0r2Z1&v=1TLV_20hpXU0.A"
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style='color:black'>http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt</span></a>
and type in your company’s zip code. Alternatively, you can reach
your Senators’ offices through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-225-3121.<br>
<br>
More Information: <br>
<br>
For updates and supporting information visit SEIA’s ITC Resource page at <a
href="http://www.seia.glmailmx04.com/util/link.jsp?e=8zntH_yxagkWXcCLF2FAV7kffikr5dmDHZSQ3d_Dcspt2pAJuWb8XH8UbKnWtTAPK&s=0r2Z1&v=1TLV_20hpXU0.A"
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style='color:black'>http://seia.org/itc.php</span></a>.<br>
<br>
<strong>BILL PROVISIONS: </strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong> </strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong>Currently pending in the US Senate is the </strong><em><b>Baucus
Substitute to HR 6049</b></em><strong>, the </strong><em><b>Renewable Energy
and Job Creation Act of 2008</b></em><strong>. The solar tax provisions
in the legislation are:</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:
l1 level1 lfo3'>Eight-year extension of the residential and commercial
30% ITC under Sections 25D and 48;<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:
l1 level1 lfo3'>Eligibility for both corporate and individual taxpayers
to claim the ITC against the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT);<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:
l1 level1 lfo3'>Waiver of the public utility exception to the ITC (i.e.,
permits investor-owned utilities to directly claim the ITC); and, <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:
l1 level1 lfo3'>Doubling of the existing $2,000 maximum dollar
limitation on the residential credit to $4,000 (please note: we are
still aggressively seeking total elimination of the monetary cap). <o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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<strong>PHONE SCRIPT: </strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>"My name is _____ and I am calling from (state
company/organization affiliation, position and location). I am calling
to stress to Senator XX the urgency of immediately renewing the expiring
Clean Energy Tax Incentives. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Every day that passes without an extension places more
American jobs at risk. Already clean energy projects in the U.S. are being
put on hold while overseas growth in jobs and the manufacturing of equipment
is surging overseas.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If possible, add local, personal antidote about negative
economic impact of the tax incentives expiring]. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal>We are running out of time. Please ask Senator XXX to do
everything possible to pass bi-partisan legislation to extend the Clean
Energy Tax Incentives before the August Recess. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for listening to my concerns.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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