Jon Powers

Senate fails to terminate Green New Scam The Senate bill *looks like* it has a 2027 "placed in service" cutoff for new solar/wind subsidies. But one last-minute paragraph makes it worthless—because projects making a recoverable 5% investment in the next 12 months are exempt! The idea of a 2027 "placed in service" cutoff was that new subsidies would actually end during the Trump administration. But under the last-minute carveout, Big Green has 12 months to initiate as many subsidized projects as it wants using the insanely-easy-to-meet "construction" threshold. (All you need to do is commit 5% of expected project cost to buying re-sellable assets like solar panels.) Once they declare "construction"—e.g., in July 2026—they'll have 4 years (e.g., July 2030) to "place in service." And then some of those projects, e.g., most wind projects, will get 10 years of subsidies. So we'll still have wind subsidies on Donald Trump's 94th birthday! Here's how much worse the Senate bill just got: * Two days ago: "Placed in service" by 12-31-27—with new subsidized solar/wind projects stopping very quickly, and Trump being able to let subsidies truly end. * Today: "Placed in service" by JULY 2030—with new subsidized solar/wind projects absolutely spamming the rid and ripping off taxpayers like never before, and Trump having no control over whether the subsidies end. The current Senate bill is arguably worse than the original Senate Finance one. At least that bill decreased solar/wind subsidies starting in 2026 to 60%. The current bill just increased them to 100%. The current bill is a solar/wind lobbyist's dream. It does not terminate the Green New Scam in any way, shape or form. It absolutely perpetuates it. And offensively so, I might add, by keeping the "placed in service" cutoff language so many people courageously fought for, then totally undoing it with a single last-minute paragraph that makes it worthless. If the Senate wanted to extend the Green New Scam it should have said so, not insulted our intelligence by trying to bury the extension in one sneaky little paragraph. PS Several Senators have already told me they didn't know about or understand this last-minute paragraph. If that's the case they should do whatever they can to fix the situation.

Dear US Senators, Here is a refutation of every lobbyist lie that more solar/wind subsidies are good for electricity. FACT: SUBSIDIES HAVE PROVABLY REDUCED CAPACITY + RELIABILITY—AND INCREASED PRICES. More subsidies can only make things worse. Vote against extending them! ⚡️

Jesus Christ, take the win dude. You just got 80-90% of all clean energy tax credits completely axed, basically on your own. How many more thousands of American workers do you want to lose their jobs?

The problem isn’t “ending subsidies.” It’s: 1) Abrupt termination after major capex is already sunk 2) Cutting eligibility at an arbitrary in-service cliff, blowing up project pipelines 3) Imposing extreme, unworkable FEOC rules that ignore supply chain realities 4) Slapping an excise tax on our fastest-to-deploy resources 5) Doing all this amid spiking demand, tariffs, rising grid upgrade costs, & permitting bottlenecks

The more we load our grid with intermittent generation, the worse the grid performs during times of maximum demand. Subsidies are meant to drive prices down and boost supply. But subsidizing wind and solar has done exactly the opposite. The One Big Beautiful Bill will help end wasteful subsidies and deliver more reliable energy for the American people!

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