Wind tax credit phaseout faces uncertain road

That extension is part of a $205 billion Senate package of business tax break extensions expected to be addressed by lawmakers in conjunction with the "fiscal cliff" tax rates and spending cuts bill.

Under AWEA's analysis, the industry's 2.2 cents-per-kilowatt hour credit for energy generated could be reduced 10 percent per year starting in 2014, until a final year in 2018.