Tell Gov. Christie to STOP the $100M Offshore Windmill Boondoggle

Wednesday, November 30th 2011
by mproto
in Spending, Energy

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CLICK HERE Now to Sign AFP's Petition to Gov. Christie!

New Jersey is about to pour $100 MILLION in taxpayer subsidies into a risky scheme to install windmills off of New Jersey's coast!

The Beacon Hill Institute cost analysis of this misguided project shows...

• The project would produce a net cost of $3.245 billion to New Jersey, within a range of $2.106 billion and $4.137 billion,

• New Jersey’s electricity prices will increase by 2.1 percent, in 2017, within a range of 0.5 percent and 4.2 percent; and

• From 2017 to 2036, the average household ratepayer will pay $431 in higher electricity costs; while the average commercial ratepayer will pay an extra $3,054 and the average industrial ratepayer an extra $109,335.

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PR: Americans for Prosperity: RGGI, The $1 Billion Failure

Friday, December 9th 2011
by mproto
in Taxes, Energy

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For Immediate Release – December 9, 2011

Americans for Prosperity: RGGI, The $1 Billion Failure

As New Jersey Pulls Out, State’s Leading Free-Market Group Says Cap-and-Trade Scheme Has Ripped Off Ratepayers, Provided No Environmental or Economic Benefits

BOGOTA, NJ – Americans for Prosperity, the state’s leading free-market, grassroots organization is once again calling the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) a failure in the wake of the latest top secret auction of carbon permits. Yesterday was New Jersey’s last RGGI auction with the state’s departure becoming official as of 2012.

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PR: Cap-and-Trade and Kean, Perfect Together

Wednesday, November 30th 2011
by mproto
in Taxes, Energy

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For Immediate Release – November 30, 2011

Cap-and-Trade and Kean, Perfect Together

Americans for Prosperity Rips Former Governor Tom Kean for His Gore-Like Global Warming Rant

BOGOTA, NJ – Americans for Prosperity is firing back today at former Gov. Tom Kean for comments he made at a Rutgers University conference regarding the RGGI Cap-and-Trade program.

As reported by NJ Spotlight, Kean laced into those skeptical of the global warming argument, calling on AGW alarmists to "confront those who don't believe in the science of it for the ignorant people that they are" and saying that Gov. Christie’s decision to withdraw from the RGGI Cap-and-Trade scheme was a “shame.”

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