Utility Dive examines the expected impact of a second Trump presidential term on the future of the Inflation Reduction Act and offshore wind projects. United's Harry Godfrey predicted initiatives under the new administration are unlikely to significantly hinder the growth of renewable energy, highlighting that the ongoing clean energy transition has the potential to lower consumer energy bills and help reduce inflation in the long term.
Utility Dive: What Trump’s Reelection Could Mean for the IRA, Offshore Wind
Topics: United In The News, Economic Impact, Harrison Godfrey, Offshore Wind, Federal Priorities
Canary Media: How Trump’s Second Term Could Derail The Clean Energy Transition
Canary Media reports on concerns that a second Trump administration could undo many of the Biden administration's clean energy achievements, including the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Advanced Energy United's Harrison Godfrey expresses hope that the new administration will take a balanced approach that would preserve the gains made in clean energy and minimize disruptions to job creation and economic growth.
Topics: United In The News, Harrison Godfrey, Federal Priorities
Utility Dive: Future of IRA, Shape of Permitting Reform Hinge on Upcoming Election, Experts Say
Utility Dive interviews several experts, including United's Harry Godfrey, on how the results of the November 2024 election could shape the future of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), permitting reform, and transportation electrification.
Topics: United In The News, Harrison Godfrey, Permitting and Siting, Federal Priorities
The Nevada Independent: Can Permitting Reform Turn Nevada Into The Next 'Energy Highway?'
United’s Emilie Olson and Harry Godfrey talk to The Nevada Independent about the bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Act and highlight how it aims to streamline permitting processes for energy projects in Nevada.
Topics: State Policy, United In The News, Harrison Godfrey, Emilie Olson, Nevada
Congress Should Pursue Comprehensive, Bipartisan Permitting Reform
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senators Barrasso and Manchin released the framework for a package of reforms aimed at changing how we permit and site electric transmission, energy generation, and mining projects for the critical minerals needed to power many advanced energy technologies. National business association Advanced Energy United is calling on Congress to build on the framework provided to pass comprehensive permitting reform that supports America’s transition to an economy built on advanced energy.
Topics: Press Releases, Harrison Godfrey, Federal Priorities
Bipartisan GEO Act Would Accelerate Adoption of Promising Geothermal Energy
National business association Advanced Energy United endorses GEO Act
WASHINGTON, DC – The Geothermal Energy Optimization (GEO) Act was recently proposed by a bipartisan group of Senators with the goal of accelerating the adoption of geothermal energy nationwide. Geothermal energy has the potential to be an important part of America’s growing advanced energy resource mix, alongside energy efficiency, energy storage, solar, and wind.
Topics: Press Releases, Harrison Godfrey, Federal Priorities
States Must Unleash the Potential of the U.S. EPA’s “Solar for All” Awards
The Solar For All program is giving out $7 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced 60 grants, worth up to $7 billion, for states, territories, Tribal governments, municipalities, and nonprofits for its Solar for All program. The program is expected to benefit over 900,000 households in low-income communities and generate roughly $350 million in annual energy savings by increasing access to affordable, resilient, and clean solar and storage technology.
Topics: Press Releases, Harrison Godfrey, Federal Priorities
E&E News reports on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Solar for All program, meant to reduce energy costs and lower pollution in poor areas across the U.S., quoting United's Harry Godfrey on the program's potential to promote distributed generation and community solar deployment.
EPA is expected to announce the recipients of a $7 billion climate program on Monday that aims to lower energy costs and reduce pollution in poor communities across the country by installing solar power systems on homes.
Topics: United In The News, Harrison Godfrey
Inflation Reduction Act’s stackable 45X credits will help onshore clean energy manufacturing
Advanced Energy United encouraged by Treasury guidance, inclusion of recycling and innovative technologies
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, national business association Advanced Energy United commended the U.S. Department of Treasury for clarifying its guidance on how to use the 45X tax credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act, including the inclusion of recycled content and allowing for innovative technologies to qualify.
Topics: Press Releases, Harrison Godfrey, Federal Priorities
This year may forever be remembered as the start of the American clean energy manufacturing boom.
Since the beginning of 2023, companies have announced more than 150 separate investments in new and expanded factories to manufacture solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, and other clean energy technologies in the U.S., for a total pledged outlay of nearly $60 billion, according to tracking by the nonpartisan group E2. And these factories won’t just be assembling the final products. Entire supply chains have arrived on shore.
Topics: United In The News, Harrison Godfrey, Federal Priorities