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U.S. Clean Energy Sector Welcomes $3.5 Trillion Budget Deal

By District Energy posted 08-27-2021 07:32

  

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Summary

 clean energy associations hailed the House’s vote on Tuesday to approve a budget resolution to advance the  Congressional budget deal, which has earmarked resources to accelerate the energy transition and boost  clean energy manufacturing and transportation.

The  approved in a party-line 220-212 vote the budget resolution on Tuesday, paving the way for  to advance the social and clean energy agenda of President .

The vote in the  allowed them to consider my Build Back Better agenda and provide clean energy tax credits, among many other healthcare, Medicare, and child care proposals,  said.

Environmental programs, incentives for more clean energy, tax breaks for families, and more resources for education and healthcare are part of the budget resolution.

Commenting on the  approving the budget resolution, , President and CEO of the , said in a statement:

“Today’s House vote to pass the FY22 Budget Resolution sets the stage for  to finally take decisive action on the climate crisis. A stable, long-term, full-value clean energy tax platform is foundational for decarbonizing the grid and will create millions of good-paying American jobs.”

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