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Energy reporter @POLITICO covering EV and minerals policy. Get in touch: [email protected] or DM for phone/Signal. Oregon native 🌲

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Why the U.S. auto industry was so concerned about losing EV incentives in the big, beautiful bill:.
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The New York Times published my opinion piece today: . "This is BYD, the Chinese Car That's Taking Over the World" . It's a call to action, an urgent one. Like it or not, China is the new center of the global automotive industry. Its scale, speed, supply chains software and.
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RT @zcolman: Kerr County is an example of how many communities are ill-equipped to protect themselves from once-unfathomable extremes. Ex….
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NEWS: President Trump issued an executive order Monday directing Treasury to "strictly enforce" phase-outs of clean energy tax credits. It suggests he may seek to change the "safe harbor" standard for starting construction, as sought by conservatives.
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RT @kelseytam: A warning for wind and solar from House conservatives: Trump promised enforcement crackdown on construction for renewable en….
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Latest on how the House is receiving the Senate’s IRA changes . w/ @SiegelScribe.
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New: House mods & conservatives spar over Senate’s clean energy megabill compromise. Swing district Rs are comfortable upper chamber avoided severe wind/solar cuts. But Chip Roy is holding out over 1 year carveout to start construction. W ⁦@jamepdx
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RT @SiegelScribe: NEW: Senate GOP mods beat back crippling blow to wind and solar power. Now, they’re hoping the last-minute compromise wil….
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Near final bill text here: .
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And here are the wraparound changes! . Excise tax out, solar/wind get another year before placed in service goes into effect, FEOC changes. From @SiegelScribe @kelseytam .
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!! Final megabill “wraparound” amendment is expected to tweak language around clean energy credits, @meredithllee and @nicholaswu12 report.
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RT @kelseytam: ERNST: “I don’t think they’re going to let us” offer the solar and wind amendment. Possible that the amendment or part of it….
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Sen. Mike Lee's amendment to return to the stricter House language on the IRA credits (60-day commence construction requirement) was defeated handily, 21-79.
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Late-night energy action in the Senate: . Rs defeated two messaging amendments from Dems to recommit the bill over clean energy provisions. Next up: An amendment from @SenMikeLee to make the IRA cuts even steeper, returning to House language of 60-day commence construction.
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NEWS: Ernst, Murkowski, Grassley are still searching for offsets for their amendment to ease IRA credit rollbacks. “They’re hard to find,” Grassley says. Need offsets for simple majority vote, otherwise likely need 60 votes. w/ @SiegelScribe @kelseytam .
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The trade group for the nation’s leading automakers urges Senate to stick with Finance text on IRA credits. Follows weeks of internal divisions on House text I previously reported:
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The advanced manufacturing production credit (45X) is working. bringing battery manufacturing back to America, creating jobs and supporting #supplychains that bypass #China. House made that credit unusable. (1/3).
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RT @burgessev: Retiring Rep. Don Bacon tells @Olivia_Beavers he doesn't love the Senate's deeper cuts on clean energy and Medicaid . “I’m n….
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Update: In addition to Murkowski, clean energy credits amendment is led by ERNST and GRASSLEY. Others expressing interest to us include CURTIS, TILLIS and ROUNDS.
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SCOOP: Murkowski plans amendment to ease IRA solar, wind tax credit phaseouts by moving to “commence construction” from harsher “placed in service.” Would be a big fight between mods and conservatives/Trump if it gets a vote. W/⁦@kelseytam
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RT @SiegelScribe: SCOOP: Murkowski plans amendment to ease IRA solar, wind tax credit phaseouts by moving to “commence construction” from h….
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Lands sales out of the bill.
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RT @RichardRubinDC: Murkowski chatted w Curtis for a while (fellow green credit letter signer) and they went into cloakroom together - wher….
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RT @SiegelScribe: New. 'Kill shot:’ Senate GOP megabill would impose new tax on solar, wind. The change would require projects — even tho….
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