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The Clean Energy Economy



The Clean Energy Economy: Montana

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PRESS RELEASE: Montana Clean Energy Economy Poised for Growth – Pew Charitable Trusts, June 10, 2009

Montana has a small but growing piece of America’s clean energy economy. Montana is one of just a few states where total job growth outpaced job growth in the clean energy economy between 1998 and 2007. But the state has attracted an increasing number of jobs in the clean energy economy, despite a lack of venture capital investments and little research activity in clean technologies. The state has introduced one incentive to boost these jobs—a property tax exemption for buildings using renewable energy. The exemption covers up to $20,000 for single-family residences and up to $100,000 for multifamily dwellings or nonresidential structures.

 

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