House Repeals Solar Tariff Pause, Putting America’s Clean Energy Progress at Risk

Friday, April 25th, 2019. Spread the word. This is an announcement from [organization/business], providing information to the public. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives accepted a bill that annuls the two-year suspension of fresh solar levies ordered by the Biden government in June 2019. Abigail Ross Hopper, President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), made the following statement in response. Today, the House of Representatives disappointed the 22023,22022 solar industry personnel and put the fast-changing effects of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in jeopardy. The law will require an additional $1 billion to be paid back in tariffs, leading to the displacement of 30,000 American workers in the present year. The two-year exemption on solar taxes was created to fight for the growth of manufacturing in the US and to continue promoting clean energy sources while also allowing new construction projects to go ahead. Corporations are pouring vast funds into fabrication plants all over the United States due to the IRA, and this ruling simply depreciates American businesses as they contribute billions of dollars and strive to engage thousands of personnel. We firmly suggest that legislators should look beyond the political show and evaluate the actual facts. Our country does not have sufficient solar panels and cells to satiate the demand, so the extra 14 months given by this tempering gives us the opportunity to bridge the difference. The USA has the potential to be a top player in the clean energy industry both in production and innovation. Changing the moratorium now endangers that potential outcome.”