 He has proposed a list of policy measures to achieve this, including giving tax credits to businesses that build new wind energy and manufacturing facilities, changing land use rules to allow solar energy on permanently preserved farmland, installing solar farms on closed landfills, setting up a consolidated energy promotion program, and following a five-to-one production to non-production job ratio in the creation of new energy jobs.In August 2010, legislation to encourage the development of wind power in New Jersey was signed by Christie at the Port of Paulsboro.The "Offshore Wind Economic Development Act" authorized New Jersey Economic Development Authority to provide up to $100 million in tax credits for wind energy facilities.