The governor of Oklahoma, an oil powerhouse that has emerged as a top producer of US wind power, has dismissed new federal green energy incentives as unnecessary even as they promise an investment windfall for his state. Kevin Stitt was one of a group of 22 Republican governors who slammed the Inflation Reduction Act, a climate and spending law passed by Democrats last month that included hundreds of billions of dollars of tax credits for renewable energy. Much of that investment will go to Republican-led areas. American Clean Power, a trade group, has said that three of the top five states for new wind and solar capacity development last year were run by Republicans — Texas, Oklahoma and Florida. Oklahoma ranks third in electricity generation from wind in the US, with as much installed capacity as Italy. Oklahoma is also a state where the fossil fuel industry has deep…
Governor of wind-rich Oklahoma says clean energy tax credits not needed
