(Source for Photo: Danielle Smith – Keystone State News Connection
Caption for Photo: professional industrial Teamwork – workers manufacturing steam turbines in an industrial factor, Credit for Photo: (industrieblick/Adobe Stock), Danielle Smith, Keystone News Service)
(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)
(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania’s clean energy progress could stall if the U-S Senate passes what’s known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The legislation would repeal tax credits for clean energy projects, which detractors say could drive up electric bills, eliminate jobs and slow clean energy and manufacturing investments in Pennsylvania. Stephen Herzenberg with the Keystone Research Center says new data show federal climate laws since 2021 have sparked a boom, tripling U-S construction spending and driving billions in private investment in Pennsylvania. He says cutting the federal tax credits would mean job losses as clean energy projects come to a halt. He says federal clean energy tax credits and manufacturing grants in Pennsylvania have sparked three to four dollars in private investment for every public dollar spent – and nine dollars by project completion. In Congress, senators are divided over whether to keep the Biden-era tax credits.
