In our lobby meetings on July 22nd, one of our primary asks to Republican offices regarding fixing clean energy tax credit implementation was:
We urge Congress to reject any guidance that further restricts these credits and consider
additional policies to ease their phaseout.
There's a news story from Politico Pro suggesting that several Senate Republicans are doing just that. It may be behind a paywall, so here are some key excerpts:
Senate Republicans look to blunt Trump’s barrage of attacks on solar and wind
Some Republicans are urging the White House to reverse course in order to head off potential solar and wind project cancellations that would make it harder to meet growing power demand.
A handful of Senate Republicans are escalating their pressure on the Trump administration to back off its efforts to strangle new solar and wind energy projects, warning that potential cancellations would make it harder to meet growing power demand …
“It will become very clear very quickly that our energy needs will outstrip our ability to produce energy unless we also include wind energy in the mix,” said Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D), who represents a large wind-producing state.
“It's the fastest [source] that we can get on board. It's faster than natural gas, and it's faster than nuclear most certainly, and we just simply will run out of energy, and it'll be very clear to the folks in Interior rather quickly and to the administration that they will need this in the short term just to meet that power demand,” he added …
“They are stranding capital by precipitously ramping down some of these programs. They're going to probably regret it,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who represents a top solar producing state. “It’s just going to make some of these projects, the numbers, not work” …
Murkowski told POLITICO on Wednesday that she and a few other Senate Republicans are “going to be having a conversation” this week with Trump administration officials to discuss forthcoming Treasury Department guidance that will determine how strictly to implement the solar and wind tax credit phaseout …
Curtis, who is planning to participate in the Trump administration meeting with Murkowski on the tax credits, told POLITICO he also recently had a “very long conversation” with Burgum on Interior’s plans for solar and wind permitting.
“Congressional intent is clear,” Curtis said Wednesday of his message to the administration. “We need every electron we can get from every source. And that best meets President Trump's energy agenda.”
It's great to see these MOCs already following through in implementing one of CCL's key primary lobbying asks to protect as much clean energy as possible 🤓
“It's the fastest [source] that we can get on board. It's faster than natural gas, and it's faster than nuclear most certainly, and we just simply will run out of energy, and it'll be very clear to the folks in Interior rather quickly and to the administration that they will need this in the short term just to meet that power demand,” he added …
Nice to hear MOCs state that clean energy production is pivotal to domestic energy security. Which, if we are truly in an energy emergency, we should really accelerate the adoption and prevalence of commercial wind generation.
Thank you for all your insight and commentary, Dana!
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