Sentences with phrase «direct subsidy»

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit, rather than a direct subsidy, encourages investment of private capital in the development of rental housing by providing a credit to offset an investor's federal income tax liability.

«This analysis shows that the global direct subsidy for fossil fuels is around ten times the subsidy for renewables.»

But they're in the same ball park, and the Bloomberg complaint is that «This analysis shows that the global direct subsidy for fossil fuels is around ten times the subsidy for renewables.»

So more than $ 70 million in revenue from other taxpayers was used to make direct subsidy payments to qualifying companies.

For example, the projects that can be built with little / no direct subsidy today will further decrease the average market value of all the wind / solar power in the system.

The energy pricing plan would not be a direct subsidy.

And instead of a direct subsidy why not use the additional funds to cut taxes?

Setting aside the fact that in many cases clean energy competes on its own merits — for instance in the case of well ‐ situated wind farms and Brazilian sugarcane ethanol — this analysis shows that the global direct subsidy for fossil fuels is around ten times the subsidy for renewables.

Certain types of tax credit bonds issued after March 18, 2010, are now eligible to receive direct subsidy payments from the U.S. Treasury to help with a portion of their borrowing costs.

The issuance of $ 12 million direct subsidy qualified school construction bonds by the California School Finance Authority to fund construction of a K - 8 charter school facility located on the Chula Vista campus of High Tech High was recognized by The Bond Buyer, a very respected and influential media outlet for those working in the bond sector.

Some universities discounted tuition for candidates from their district partners, and contributions of uncompensated staff time constituted a direct subsidy by dedicated individuals.

Furthermore the proceeds of the CCL do not all go to direct subsidy of wind farms; Greg Barker, the Climate Change Secretary, was on Newsnight last Friday and he stated that «almost 2 / 3rds» of the money raised from the CCL is spent on increasing «energy efficiency and fuel poverty programs».

Any direct subsidy, he said, should be a one - time occurrence.

David Cameron has argued for extra direct subsidy in return for a # 50,000 cap on large donations and a reduction in the number of MPs.

Mark - Viverito had the support of the vast majority of elected officials, including three of the six out gay members of the Council: Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens, Carlos Menchaca of Brooklyn, and Ritchie Torres of the Bronx, despite the fact that it is a direct subsidy to schools mostly run by anti-gay religious groups that made up the bulk of those lobbying for it.

It will always be outnumbered by Remain, if only because so many grandees derive power or income or profit from the status quo — or even direct subsidy from the EU.

The US congress approved a direct subsidy of $ 13.7 billion last year for a new generation of power stations, of which # 2 billion is insurance against any building delays.

Furthermore, these expenses constitute an indirect and direct subsidy to a vast industrial sector.

For example, if this Infrastructure Crown Corporation offered an interest rate below its financing costs, that would represent a direct subsidy to the provinces.

For example, in some places, including Canada, tax breaks are effective at encouraging more spending on research and development; in other countries, direct subsidies appear to be a better approach.

Like most Republicans, Kolb's case against Gov. Andrew Cuomo is based on personality, and includes opposition to his policies regarding upstate economic development — which are rooted in competitions for direct subsidies to businesses.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced new compromise legislation on Friday that would require only companies receiving direct subsidies from the city to pay employees the so - called living wage, which is a few dollars more than the minimum wage.

The calculations also show that government investment in infrastructure is better than direct subsidies to companies.

Direct subsidies are not invested in flood protection but are often invested in measures that merely maximise profit in the short term.

China was the only country with a significant area planted to hybrid rice, but this too seemed to be in danger of decline as the state started to claw back its direct subsidies and support.

While the government does not provide any direct subsidies to private schools, tuition tax credits capped at $ 1,500 a year are available to offset the costs of private school fees.

Analogously, the government may assist with home purchases through direct subsidies of mortgage payments or through a mortgage interest deduction, and those are certainly different policies — but let's not kid ourselves into believing that lessons from one can not powerfully inform the other.

It shows that, with each successive transaction, the financial burden has resulted in higher debt - per - student costs as UNO has nearly no other source of revenue other than public transfers via direct subsidies, publicly issued bonds and government contracts.

Forcing careful accountancy for the real price of carbon emissions is pretty much a requirement for providing help of the kind you mention with the distorting effect and inefficiencies of direct subsidies.

It is affordable, due to direct subsidies.

The idea that fossil fuels benefit from both direct and indirect subsidies has been around for years, but analysis has generally been done in pieces (some of it done very well — Nancy Pfund and Ben Healy at DBL Investors published an excellent analysis of direct subsidies in the U.S. a couple years back) or without complete data robust enough to stand up to critique.

WHEREAS, the federal government and many individual states currently provide direct subsidies in the form of tax credits, rebates, and other incentives to owners of alternative - fueled vehicles, including electric, natural gas, biofuel, propane clean diesel and, in some instances, supporting fueling infrastructure; and

The conclusions challenge a cornerstone of Labor's climate change policy as the federal government pours taxpayer funds into wind projects using direct subsidies, a planned $ 10 billion investment fund and renewable energy targets.

NSW native forest logging cost taxpayers $ 79 million in direct subsidies between financial years 2009 - 10 to 2014 - 5.

Diverting any money to specific mid-stream market sectors (renewable energy for example — though a fan, we should eliminate all such direct subsidies) ignores that the majority of a consumer's carbon footprint is embedded in the products they buy.

I'd imagine we can find common ground on the direct subsidies.

Nuclear power has multiple subsidies in the form of: - direct payments for new nuclear plants of 2.3 cents per kWh generated for the first ten years (in the US), — this is US$ 2 billion for a 1000 MW plant after ten years operation, - complete indemnity under the Price - Anderson Act for harm caused by a radiation release (above a modest insured amount), - changes to safety regulations to allow continued operation, - new plant construction loan guarantees, - direct subsidies for existing plants to keep operating as a jobs - protection program, and others.

This suggests we should not be so quick to dismiss alternative pathways, such as old - fashioned command - and - control regulations and direct subsidies for clean - energy technologies, as unnecessarily costly and inefficient.

The fossil - fuel support policies that governments use include direct subsidies, intervention in markets in ways that affect costs or prices, assumption of a part of companies» financial risks, tax reductions or exemptions, and under — charging for the use of government — supplied goods, services or assets.

Renewables, meanwhile, do receive support in the form of direct subsidies, but — in advanced economies alone — can these really be compared to the costly harm fossil fuels do to our health and the planet — now put into figures in the IMF report — plus the cost of importing fuels in the first place?

Today, in advanced economies, fossil fuels do not get much the way of direct subsidies — although they do still exist, for example Germany spends 0.07 % of its GDP supporting coal and the US spends 0.05 % of its GDP on petroleum.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published a report showing that almost 9 % of all annual country budgets are spent supporting oil, natural gas and coal industries through direct subsidies, consumer rebates and avoided taxes on pollution.

The U.S. government is providing extensive support for fossil fuel production on public lands and waters offshore, through a combination of direct subsidies, enforcement loopholes, lax royalty collection, stagnant lease rates, and other advantages to the industry, a new report released today finds.

As a means of comparison, in 2011 alone the International Energy Agency estimated that global fossil fuel direct subsidies were worth $ 523 billion, compared to $ 88 billion for renewables.

The wind power industry argues that there are «no direct subsidies» but it involves a total subsidy of as much as # 60 per MWh which falls directly on electricity consumers.

If you are going to subsidise at all then wouldn't direct subsidies to clean renewable power industries for example be more honest and logical?

The list is long and worth many billions (sorry for caps); — GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT PROGM (Carbon capture)-- NON-RECOVERY OF PUBLIC AGENCY COSTS — PETROLEUM EXPLORATION TAX CONCESSIONS — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE — DIRECT SUBSIDIES TO FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS — DIESEL FUEL REBATE SCHEME — EXEMPTION FROM EXCISE FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS Ethanol production which is an energy sink)-- CONCESSIONAL RATE OF EXCISE FOR FUEL OIL, — HEATING OIL AND KEROSENE — CONCESSIONAL RATE OF EXCISE FOR AVIATION FUEL — EXCISE FREE STATUS FOR CONDENSATE — SUBSIDISED SUPPLY OF COAL - FIRED ELECTRICITY TO — ALUMINIUM SMELTERS — STATE ENERGY SUPPLY CONCESSIONS — ELECTRICITY PRICING STRUCTURES — SUBSIDIES FOR CENTRALISED GENERATION

They benefit from public investments in infrastructure as well as direct subsidies through the tax system.

* Taxpayers who end up bearing the burden of taxes escaped by wind energy developers who take advantage of generous tax shelters (including federal production tax credits and accelerated depreciation), similar tax shelters provided by some states, property tax exemptions, and direct subsidies.

I begin with this, because if fossil fuels are not highly subsidized, either through direct subsidies or failure to require polluter to pay, there are no market distortions that need to be addressed.