[lbo-talk] Hundreds hit the streets in Olympia, Washington

[Gar Lipow]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:50:01 -0800, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
> > Wind electricity is now produced in the U.S. for 4 cents
> > per kWh. (Documented by the IRS.)
> 
> Er ... isn't that a misleading figure?  The IRS cares about this number
> because it's used to figure out the tax credits involved: the actual
> "cost" is much higher.

Not out of line with the normal figure which is given as between 4-5
cents  per kwh. But I think that to the extent people lie, the
incentive would be to report high rather than low.  Reporting an
increased  cost does not lower the incentive you receive, but does
give you a higher cost to deduct as a normal  business expense for
calculatin net business income. So it seems to me that there is no
incentive to under-report  and (unless you are losing money and never
expect to make  it back) a strong incentive not to.