More than 400 solar, storage companies write to Congress amid larger push for clean energy-positive reconciliation bill
As part of what the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) called a day of action, more than 400 solar and storage energy companies signed a letter to congressional leaders this week, with hundreds of advocates calling lawmakers to urge passage of a reconciliation bill beneficial to clean energy and manufacturing.
“The message from hundreds of solar and storage companies and advocates today is simple: Congress needs to get this done,” SEIA President and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper said. “This is a once-in-a-generation window for leaders in Washington to deliver on their promise to tackle climate change, create clean energy jobs, and ease the tight grip of inflation and the global energy crisis.”
Among other incentives, the groups are rallying for a long-term extension of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and a standalone credit for energy storage. They labeled the ITC, in particular, a job-creator capable of driving growth at a pace necessary to combat climate change. The reconciliation bill would also establish industrial policy for clean energy manufacturing.
“Ongoing inflation and the global energy crisis demand that lawmakers finally get these policies over the finish line to deliver critical cost-savings for families,” Hopper said. “America has the means to become more energy and climate secure by putting people to work producing and deploying clean energy here at home, and now leaders must recognize the urgency of the moment by passing this legislation.”
