The U.S. House of Representatives has handed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, a invoice meant to extend the federal debt restrict whereas reducing spending, whereas repealing practically the entire clear energy measures enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
“House leadership is attempting to halt the nation’s accelerating momentum toward a clean energy future,” stated Gregory Wetstone, president and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). “The IRA tax incentives that will be repealed by this laws have spurred American firms to announce dozens of recent clear energy technology and manufacturing initiatives.
“Backtracking on these popular programs would harm our economy, weaken American competitiveness in the booming global clean energy marketplace and undermine our climate goals,” he added.
The 217-215 vote was alongside get together traces: Only 4 Republicans joined 211 Democrats to vote “no.”
“The Inflation Reduction Act has sparked billions of dollars of new clean energy investments and supported a domestic manufacturing renaissance,” stated Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). “The 255,000 Americans in the U.S. solar and storage industry are calling on congressional champions to defend these job-creating policies.”
Jason Grumet, CEO of the American Clean Power Association (ACP), highlighted the deeply divisive nature of the invoice.
“No American industry enjoys being used as a pawn in partisan political negotiations,” he stated, noting, nevertheless, that the ACP remains to be assured that the Congress and Biden administration “will not interrupt the burst of private sector investment in American clean energy production and manufacturing.”
“In the last nine months, 46 new clean energy manufacturing and production facilities have been announced, creating high-wage jobs in communities across the country,” he famous.
The vote is prone to set off rounds of negotiations amongst Republican management, key Democrats and the Biden administration.
“We urge House leadership to negotiate a clean debt limit increase, avoid the risk of a national default, and support the ongoing renewable energy transition that Americans want and scientists say we desperately need,” Wetstone remarked.
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