Budget bill’s big risks

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POLITICS

• A group of 13 House Republicans ask the Senate to make changes to the budget bill to maintain the transferability of clean energy tax credits throughout their lifetime. (Utility Dive)

• The latest version of the budget bill released by the Senate omits language that would’ve given Congress final approval over agency rules and allowed the body to undo existing rules. (E&E News)

• Small-business owners and community leaders from rural areas press Senate lawmakers to preserve clean energy tax credits that have spurred investments and job creation in their regions. (States Newsroom)

SOLAR

• Eliminating federal clean energy tax credits would devastate Michigan’s rooftop solar industry by doubling the amount of time it takes customers to recoup their costs and jeopardizing businesses, a longtime installer says. (Inside Climate News)

• Alaska solar industry officials call on Congress to reject proposed clean energy tax credit cuts, saying renewables have become ​“unnecessarily politicized.” (Alaska Public Media)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• California and 10 other states sue the Trump administration after the president signs congressional resolutions revoking the state’s vehicle emissions rules. (The Hill)

• Leaders of a small Georgia town worry the elimination of tax credits for electric vehicle production and purchases will lead SK Battery America to scale back production at EV battery plants that have driven new prosperity and tax revenue. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

TARIFFS

• A group of Canadian premiers hope to work with New England governors to find ways to mitigate the impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs on energy and other products. (St. Albert Gazette)

FOSSIL FUELS

• Analysts say the U.S. EPA’s rollback of greenhouse gas emissions standards for power plants will saddle households with hundreds of extra dollars in annual energy costs as coal plants become increasingly uneconomical to operate. (Grist)

• The power plant emissions rule rollback stands to disproportionately affect Kentucky and West Virginia, where fossil fuels still account for 89% or more of power generation, prompting concern from public health advocates. (Louisville Courier-Journal, West Virginia Watch)

ELECTRIFICATION

• California researchers say an experiment aimed at cutting electrification costs by upgrading multiple households in a single neighborhood, which let contractors save time and allowed residents to buy products in bulk, was successful. (KQED)

BIOFUELS

• A new report looks at 100 academic studies on biofuels’ impacts, finding that biofuel production is displacing needed land for food crops, driving up emissions, and increasing water scarcity. (Inside Climate News)

NEW FROM CANARY MEDIA

• Republicans’ ​“Big Beautiful Bill” puts hundreds of gigawatts of planned clean energy projects at risk of not being built as it threatens to dismantle key tax credits, Dan McCarthy reports.

• Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico joined our live event and discussed Democrats’ push to preserve clean energy incentives in the ​“Big Beautiful Bill” with Volts’ John Roberts.