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More Data to Defend the Inflation Reduction Act

February 27, 2025

Presentation Slides: cclusa.org/more-IRA-slides

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About Our Speaker

Dana Nuccitelli

Research Coordinator for

Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Environmental Scientist

Climate Journalist for

Yale Climate Connections

2022 SEAL Award

2016 NCSE Friend of the Planet Award

Three Learning Goals

What data sources do we have to advocate for preserving the IRA?

How do we navigate and organize this new data for our districts?

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What climate policies were included in the Inflation Reduction Act?

1

2t

3

What’s in the IRA?

Paris

Target

27% cut

Business as Usual

Business as Usual

Inflation Reduction Act

27% cut

40% cut

What’s in the IRA?

• Clean electricity tax credits
• Electric vehicle incentives
• Methane pollution fee
• Building electrification and efficiency incentives
• Natural climate solutions
• Carbon capture and storage
• … and more!

The New Political Climate

The Political Climate in 2025

• Cost to extend the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act another decade: $4.5 trillion
• Many Republican MOCs want to pay for some of that budgetary cost
• IRA repeal would pay for some
• IRA-funded projects have created a lot of revenue and manufacturing jobs
• Many Republican MOCs want to preserve some IRA provisions

900 Clean Tech Executives Survey

Republican Tax Credit Support

• Reps. James (MI-10), Kiggans (VA-02), Carter (GA-01) urged caution in IRA repeals
• Reps. Houchin (IN-09), Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Hurd (CO-03) like clean electricity credits
• Reps. Hinson (IA-02) and �Miller-Meeks (IA-01) like clean fuel credits
• Rep. Hunt (TX-38) likes carbon capture
• Rep. Meuser (PA–09) likes nuclear credit

Guiding the Scalpel with Specifics

"You’ve got to use a scalpel and not a sledgehammer, because there’s a few provisions in there that have helped overall."

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- Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)

What about EV tax credits?

• Advocacy will be district-specific
• New battery plants:
• AZ-05 (R-Biggs)
• GA-11 (R-Loudermilk)
• IN-05 (R-Spartz)
• KS-03 (D-Davids)
• KY-02 (R-Guthrie)
• MI-06 (D-Dingell)
• NC-09 (R-Hudson)
• OH-15 (R-Carey)
• TN-08 (R-Kustoff)

What Data do we Have?

Clean Electricity Tax Credits

• Would double US clean electricity generation capacity by 2035
• Repeal would result in by 2040:
• $336 billion less investment
• 237 gigawatts less clean energy
• 10% higher electricity rates
• $142 per year increase in household electricity bills

CCL IRA Projects Database

cclusa.org/defend-IRA-data

Data Source 1: E2

Data Source 2: Rhodium/MIT

Data Source 3: Wellesley College

What About Grist?

Focused on grants and loans, not tax credits

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