Democrats’ energy goals likely to be modest in 2007

Democrats campaigned on promises of making sweeping changes to the nation’s energy policy, but it’s unlikely they’ll deliver on most of those promises.

Producers of solar power, wind power, geothermal power and other technologies that use wood or waste products to generate energy also are expected to receive new tax breaks from the Democratic Congress.

But the biggest change in energy policy is expected to come through a farm bill Congress hopes to consider next year that would provide new incentives for the production of ethanol, a corn-derived fuel.

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