SOLAR TAX CREDITS Exclusion Of Solar Tech From WV Tax Credits Challenged
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Heath Harrison
Reported: Feb. 17, 2013 5:17 PM EST
Updated: Feb. 17, 2013 11:16 PM EST
Eyewitness News Photo
Martinsburg, Berkeley County
, West Virginia
Some taxpayers in the Eastern Panhandle are challenging the state's exclusion of solar energy from an alternative energy tax credit.
A 2011 law allows the credit for alternative-fuel motor vehicles and refueling infrastructure.
John Christensen with Mountain View Solar in Berkeley Springs said the State Tax Department ruled last October that solar energy wouldn't be included under the law's credits.
Christensen told The Journal that several people are appealing the decision.
Christensen said his company has a lot of clients who expected to receive the tax credit. They would take a financial hit if they have to pay back taxes.
An environmental group, Sustainable Shepherdstown, is circulating an online petition that asks Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to instruct the tax department to include solar energy in the law.
Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
W.Va. man charged with threatening high school May 23, 2013 5:28 PM EDT Boone County police have arrested a Raleigh County man who allegedly invoked the mass shooting in Connecticut in a threatening message against a high school.
Police: Ky man threatened neighbor with AK-47 May 23, 2013 8:51 PM EDT Police say a dispute over shooting at rabbits with an air gun in a Louisville yard quickly became a threat with an AK-47.
Company pleads guilty in Ohio fish deaths case May 23, 2013 8:02 PM EDT A Strongsville company and the owner's wife have pleaded guilty for their roles in the dumping of liquid cyanide into a storm drain, resulting in the death of almost 31,000 fish in an Ohio river last year.
Associated Press
