America’s clean energy industry is under attack, and for all the wrong reasons.
At the same time, as part of a debt ceiling debate the Republican controlled House is proposing to repeal clean energy provisions in the historic Inflation Reduction Act . Playing games with the debt limit has very real consequences for businesses, workers and the entire economy. The IRA is expected to create an additional 200,000 jobs and $600 billion in private investment in the solar industry alone over the next decade. Companies need to trust that the policy landscape will remain stable in order to put forward this level of capital, and it’s up to responsible lawmakers to ensure that certainty remains.
If Congress votes to reverse the solar tariff pause, the bridge we’re building to more solar manufacturing will collapse. And if lawmakers repeal or roll back significant parts of the IRA, it will blow up the single most effective policy we have to drive domestic manufacturing, right when we need these investments the most.