U.S. Congress passes anti-clean energy budget bill: An industry reacts
Solar and other clean energy industry members react to the passage of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.”
House passage of One Big Beautiful Bill sends solar industry reeling
Despite vocal bipartisan support for clean energy tax credits, House and Senate Republicans failed to adjust policies that would continue the rapid build out of domestic clean energy.
Senate passes budget bill in tie-break, with deep solar cuts left intact
Solar industry leader warns that passage of this bill will weaken the U.S. industries that power the economy and strengthen national security.
Senate seeks to tax the very idea of solar power
The latest version of the Reconciliation Bill includes a 30% excise tax on solar projects if its components or intellectual property originate from entities linked to foreign adversaries—even if those projects don’t claim tax credits.
Three Republican Senators call for easing clean energy cuts in budget bill
An amendment put forth by Iowa Senator Ernst seeks to extend tax credits and clarify FEOC rules.
Senator to propose amendment that extends residential solar tax credit
Sen. Hickenlooper is expected to ask for a one-year extension, sunsetting the 25D tax credit after 2026.
Solar tax credits cost $25 billion, but lower bills by $51 billion annually, said SEIA
The $25 billion annual cost of tax credits is far outweighed by the $51 billion in lower electricity bills, $12 billion in federal tax revenue, and $3.7 billion in state and local taxes, found analysis by the Solar Energy Industries Association, Brattle Group, and University of Louisiana.
U.S. solar manufacturers seek to match rhetoric with reality
An extension of 48E tax credit with the domestic content bonus levels the playing field, say Qcells’, Talon PV and SEMA execs, so U.S. manufacturers can pay off the factories that they invested in in good faith against these credits.
Senate Republican proposed bill spares batteries from harshest cuts
Energy elements of the Senate Finance Committee’s draft budget reconciliation bill would leave the tax credits of battery component factories largely untouched, but could target some foreign manufacturers as well as restricting incentives for small-scale batteries.
U.S. residential solar on the brink of collapse
Residential solar is on a downturn, and things may get worse. In a shock for the industry, the latest draft of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” excludes residential solar lease providers from the Investment Tax Credit.
