Some of the construction is still propped up by subsidy.

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The credit provides a subsidy for commercial and residential construction.

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Congress this month extended the credit for another year, allowing developers to qualify for the subsidy as long as they begin construction of a wind farm in 2013.

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The congressmen rode the subsidy train to re-election, flogging the 135, 000 jobs that the construction would supposedly create in the Central Valley.

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