No incentives to use cleaner energy

After reading about China surpassing America as the world's largest builder of clean energy such as wind energy, I realized Americans need to be given an incentive to consume cleaner energy forms. I recently switched my electric provider and was surprised to find that I could choose to have all or a percentage of my energy provided by a clean energy source. However, if I chose to use a clean energy provider, it was more expensive. In this hard economic times, I believe that few Americans would chose to raise their electric bill willingly. If the government provided incentives for Americans to choose clean energy (such as a deduction perhaps during income tax time), then maybe more Americans would be willing to purchase clean energy and therefore more clean energy plants would be in demand and be built.