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Subsidies fuel push to harness LI's wind for energy

Last year, Roger Jette turned down an eye-popping offer to relocate his Bay Shore factory to the state of Georgia. They would have given him land, architects to design his building, tax breaks, and $5,000 for every Georgian he hired. Instead, he found a way to stay here and still trim expenses, by tapping into a little-used but plentiful Long Island resource: wind.

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