A state oversight panel voted Tuesday to retain 10 business incentives after its consultants rescinded a recommendation to repeal one of them and the state commerce secretary intervened to rescue another.

The panel's actions provided an immediate reprieve to the Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate Program and the state's Industrial Access Road Program. But they could provide more momentum to efforts to rein in an expensive wind-power tax credit. All of the proposals would require legislative approval.

The votes by the new Oklahoma Incentive Evaluation Commission came after members argued over the...