Solar and Storage Industry Activates to Protect Pro-Growth Clean Energy Policies
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is calling on solar and storage companies to join the hundreds of American businesses that have shared their success stories, hosted site visits and signed a letter urging Congress to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act’s pro-growth energy provisions. These energy and tax policies have sparked $100 billion of solar and storage investments in the last year and will drive $565 billion into the economy by 2033.
Solar and Storage Companies Add Over $100 Billion to U.S. Economy as a Result of the Inflation Reduction Act
Since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed one year ago, U.S. solar and storage companies have announced over $100 billion in private sector investments, helping bolster the American economy, according to new analysis released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Solar and storage manufacturing is now surging in the United States, as 51 solar manufacturing facilities have been announced or expanded in the last year.
As Debt Ceiling Negotiations Continue, Renewable Groups Urge Congress to Enact Bipartisan Transmission Permitting Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With permitting reform discussions occurring in Congress this week and debt ceiling negotiations continuing, leading national renewable energy organizations sent a letter to House and Senate leadership urging the enactment of bipartisan transmission permitting legislation that builds on the transformational clean energy policies included in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Solar and Storage Industry Responds to Treasury Dept. Guidance on Domestic Content Provisions in Landmark Clean Energy Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released new guidance that will govern the implementation of the domestic content bonus credit in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Solar and Storage Industry Statement on Senate Vote to Repeal Solar Tariff Pause
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today the United States Senate passed legislation to repeal the Biden administration’s June 2022 proclamation to provide a two-year moratorium for new solar tariffs. The resolution now moves to President Biden’s desk where it is expected to be vetoed. Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA): “Any legislation that threatens 30,000 American jobs and weakens our nation’s energy security to this degree should be dead on arrival.
House Repeals Solar Tariff Pause, Putting America’s Clean Energy Progress at Risk
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to repeal the Biden administration’s June 2022 proclamation to provide a two-year moratorium for new solar tariffs.
Clean Energy Is Under Attack in Our Nation’s Capital
America’s clean energy industry is under attack, and for all the wrong reasons. Members of Congress must oppose the CRA and do everything they can to keep the IRA out of debt ceiling negotiations.
House Committee Vote to Repeal Solar Tariff Moratorium Undermines Business Certainty and American Energy Security
Today the House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation to repeal the Biden administration’s June 2022 proclamation to provide a two-year moratorium for new solar tariffs.
Clean Energy Trades Unite Against Harmful Retroactive Solar Tariff Threat
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), and the American Clean Power Association (ACP), among others, released a joint letter calling on members of Congress to oppose H. J. Res. 39/S. J. Res. 15 which uses the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to impose retroactive solar tariffs and undercut clean energy progress across the country.
More than 400 American Companies Implore Congress to Protect Business Certainty and Jobs by Rejecting $1 Billion in Retroactive Solar Tariffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today more than 400 companies across the solar value chain sent a letter to Congress expressing the devastating impact that a repeal of President Biden’s solar tariff moratorium would have on their businesses and workers.