Stephen Ursery, Editor, Waste Age Magazine

August 9, 2005

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President Bush Signs Energy Bill Into Law

President George W. Bush on Monday signed the Energy Policy Act (HR-6) into law. The bill contains an extension of the Section 45 production tax credits for landfill gas (LFG) and waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities.

The legislation provides the solid waste industry with a two-year extension of the “placed-in-service” window for LFG and WTE facilities that produce electricity. The window was set to expire at the end of this year, but the new law extends it to Dec. 31, 2007. The legislation also extends the payout from five years to 10. The amount of the credit — a baseline rate of .75 cents per kilowatt hour that is adjusted for inflation — remains the same.

About the Author(s)

Stephen Ursery

Editor, Waste Age Magazine, Waste360

Stephen Ursery is the editor of Waste Age magazine. During his time as editor, Waste Age has won more than 20 national and regional awards. He has worked for Penton Media since August 1999. Before joining Waste Age as the magazine's managing editor, he was an associate editor for American City & County and for National Real Estate Investor.

Prior to joining Penton, Stephen worked as a reporter for The Marietta Daily Journal and The Fulton County Daily Report, both of which are located in metro Atlanta.

Stephen earned a BA in History from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.

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