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Advanced Energy United Reacts to Final Passage of H.R. 1

Posted by Adam Winer on Jul 3, 2025

State leaders now have a responsibility to act to protect residents from rising energy costs, job cuts

WASHINGTON, DC — Advanced Energy United's President and CEO Heather O'Neill released the following statement following final passage of the reconciliation budget bill:

"America didn’t have an energy emergency before, but this legislation goes a long way towards creating one. 

As state leaders assess the damage done by Congress with this budget bill, they will have a responsibility and urgent need to protect their residents from job losses, rising energy prices, and grid instability.  

Even without support from the federal government, state leaders must take steps to ensure we keep the lights on and manage costs. With the right policy direction, governors, legislators, and regulators can take the lead on removing the barriers to building a better electric grid, and lowering costs to build and operate advanced energy. To unlock new development, policymakers can make it easier and more financially enticing for consumers to switch to more resilient energy solutions at their homes and businesses, they can speed up timelines for new energy infrastructure projects by fixing antiquated siting and permitting rules, and they can put more technology solutions to work with much needed changes to energy market regulations. 

Despite the setback on Capitol Hill, the advanced energy industry will endure, creating good jobs, investing in communities, and producing the affordable, abundant, and reliable power America needs now. United will continue to work with Republicans and Democrats in Congress, as well as the Trump Administration, where they seek to unlock advanced energy. At the same time, we will persist in combating efforts to undercut our technologies, jobs, and investments. Our industry is keeping the lights on today across the country and will carry on innovating and investing in America’s energy future."

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Click here to learn more about Advanced Energy United's work advocating for federal policies that allow advanced energy and electrified transportation businesses to thrive in America.

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Topics: Press Releases, Heather O'Neill, Federal Priorities

Advanced Energy United Reacts to Senate Passage of Budget Bill

Posted by Adam Winer on Jul 1, 2025

Budget bill will drive up energy prices, with thousands of energy jobs hanging in the balance
 

WASHINGTON, DC — Following the passage of H.R. 1 by the U.S. Senate, Advanced Energy United President and CEO Heather O'Neill released the following statement:

"This bill will hit Americans hard, terminating credits that have helped families lower their energy and transportation costs, shrinking demand for American-made advanced energy technologies, and squeezing new domestic energy production at a time of rising demand and prices. While Senators have addressed some of the worst provisions from earlier versions – including the ill-conceived excise tax – a number of punitive measures remain. The advanced energy industry will endure, but the downstream effects of these rollbacks and punitive policies will be felt by American families and businesses for years to come. 

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Topics: Press Releases, Heather O'Neill, Federal Priorities

Senate Backpedals on American Energy Dominance

Posted by Adam Winer on Jun 28, 2025

Advanced Energy United calls for Changes to H.R. 1 Before Senate Vote
 

WASHINGTON, DC — Ahead of a planned vote by the Senate on H.R. 1, national business association Advanced Energy United President and CEO Heather O'Neill released the following statement:

“A vote for this bill is a vote to eliminate millions of jobs and thousands of energy projects while jacking up electric costs and endangering reliability. The updated text is worse than the proposal put forward by the Senate Finance Committee almost two weeks ago. If passed, Americans will look back to this weekend as the moment when the Senate approved a massive energy bill hike for all Americans.

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Topics: Press Releases, Heather O'Neill, Federal Priorities

Advanced Energy United Launches Quick Blitz Ad Campaign as Lawmakers Negotiate Final Tax Bill

Posted by Adam Winer on Jun 27, 2025

The third phase of a national campaign will educate constituents in Arizona, California, Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia about the positive impact of advanced energy tax credits.  

WASHINGTON, DC — As Congress rounds the final corner of negotiations on a major tax reform package, Advanced Energy United is launching an ad blitz across six districts to defend remaining energy tax policies, which – under current law – were projected to generate $3 trillion in economic benefits, $846 billion in household savings, and 13.7 million American jobs over the next decade.

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Topics: Press Releases, Harrison Godfrey, Federal Priorities

Advanced Energy United Escalates Campaign To Safeguard Energy Tax Credits With Senate Push

Posted by Adam Winer on Jun 16, 2025

The third phase of the national campaign is educating constituents in Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas about the consequences of repealing advanced energy tax credits

 

WASHINGTON, DC — As the Senate advances a major tax package, Advanced Energy United (United) launched a national six-figure ad campaign across six states and the District of Columbia to educate the public about the consequences of repealing advanced energy tax credits that impact thousands of jobs in rural manufacturing communities.

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Topics: Regulatory, Press Releases, Federal Priorities

Rolling Back Power Plant Rule Threatens to Leave Consumers Behind and Limits Energy Options

Posted by Adam Winer on Jun 11, 2025

Trump Administration move would dismantle cost-effective safeguards for the power sector 

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, in response to the Trump administration’s announced plans to repeal emissions regulations from existing coal-fired power plants and new gas plants, Advanced Energy United President and CEO Heather O’Neill issued the following statement: 

“Businesses need certainty. Reversing course on these regulations will unfortunately stall much needed investment and smart upgrades to our power system. America's aging fossil fuel power plants are a vulnerability to grid reliability and security. Continuing to invest in and depend on these plants into the future will lead to more stranded costs and price volatility for consumers. Utilities and power providers should be investing in more cost-effective ways to add new electricity and upgrade our power grid instead of doubling down on outdated infrastructure. State leaders know that winning the AI and manufacturing race will require energy providers to build out resources and power infrastructure that prioritizes affordability and minimizes stranded assets, maximizes efficiency and strengthens system reliability.”

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Topics: Regulatory, Press Releases, Federal Priorities

Advanced Energy United Congratulates Laura Swett on Nomination as FERC Chair, Thanks Chair Christie for His Service

Posted by Adam Winer on Jun 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC —Today, in response to the announcement that President Donald Trump will nominate Laura Swett of Vinson & Elkins as Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) when Chairman Mark Christie’s tenure ends in June, Advanced Energy United Managing Director Caitlin Marquis issued the following statement:

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Topics: Press Releases, FERC

New Report Shows Greater Benefits to Colorado from a Bigger Energy Market

Posted by Adam Winer on May 23, 2025

Xcel Energy has proposed joining a smaller market with less clean energy, whichmeans higher costs for ratepayers

DENVER, CO — A new report from Aurora Energy Research assesses the potential for Public Service Company of Colorado (Xcel Energy) to join a regional electricity market in the West.  

The report evaluates the economic benefits of different day-ahead market participation scenarios and found that Xcel Energy’s proposal to join the relatively small and disjointed Markets+, run by the Arkansas-based Southwest Power Pool (SPP), would increase both costs and greenhouse gas emissions compared with other options. Compared to Markets+, participating in the Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM) would yield between $4.2 and $13.2 million per year greater savings through 2060.

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Topics: Press Releases, Western RTO, Brian Turner, Colorado

Advanced Energy United Calls House Tax Package a ‘Meat Cleaver,’ Urges Senate to Preserve Tax Credits, Restore Business Certainty

Posted by Adam Winer on May 22, 2025

In response to the House’s major tax reform legislation, Advanced Energy United makes clear that the bill withdraws the U.S. from the global race for energy dominance

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the United States House of Representatives passed a job-killingtax reform package that dismantles sound, long-standing energy tax credits. The bill passed by a vote of 215-214. Earlier this year, Advanced Energy United launched a campaign, Unlocking Advanced Energy, highlighting the $3 trillion in economic benefits, $846 billion in household savings, and 13.7 million American jobs these credits would generate over the next decade.

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Topics: Press Releases, Heather O'Neill, Federal Priorities

Tax Cut Success Stories Featured in New Education Campaign

Posted by Adam Winer on Feb 11, 2025

Introducing: UnlockingAdvancedEnergy.com

WASHINGTON, DC – National business association Advanced Energy United has launched a new website and campaign that tells the story of how advanced energy companies are using smart tax cuts to unlock American energy abundance, open new U.S. manufacturing plants, and lower household electricity costs in states across the country.

The website, UnlockingAdvancedEnergy.com, features the real stories of advanced energy projects – including a coal field converted into a solar farm in Southwest Virginia, a Central Pennsylvania church saving money thanks to a rooftop solar installation, a new battery manufacturing facility in California, and the deployment of an emissions-free school bus fleet in Illinois’s smallest county – that were only made possible thanks to the existing tax cuts that are at risk of being shelved by Congress despite the economic growth, cost savings, and access to grid resilience solutions they are enabling.

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Topics: Press Releases, Heather O'Neill, Federal Priorities