The Senate just passed a “senseless energy price hike for American families”
The following is a statement from Rewiring America founder and CEO Ari Matusiak on the reconciliation package just passed by the U.S. Senate, which would eliminate the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (25C), Residential Clean Energy Credit (25D), and New Energy Efficient Home Credit (45L):
“The Senate just passed what amounts to a senseless energy price hike for American families. The bill passed by the Senate raises the cost of producing electricity and, at the same time, guts the tax credits that help families lower their energy bills.
“Eliminating the home energy credits means fewer households can afford heat pumps, rooftop solar, or insulation — proven upgrades that cut bills and ease pressure on the grid. These credits are simple, popular, and effective. Now they’re on the verge of being eliminated.
“What will happen if this bill becomes law? Families will face rising electricity costs with fewer tools to do anything about it. As energy demand from AI, data centers, and manufacturing explodes, households are boxed in, expected to pay more while getting less.
“The bill doesn’t just burden families. It undermines our country. We need low-cost, abundant energy to compete globally. We will become collectively poorer, less resilient, and less equipped to lead in a rapidly changing world.
“There’s still time to change course. Congress should be enabling more cheap energy and creating greater access to cost-saving home energy solutions, not cutting them off.”
Rewiring America is the leading electrification nonprofit, focused on electrifying our homes, communities, and businesses. We develop accessible, actionable data and tools, and build coalitions and partnerships to make going electric easier for households and communities. Rewiring America helps Americans save money, tackle nationwide emissions goals, improve health, and build the next generation of the clean energy workforce. We believe in an abundant, flourishing, climate-safe future, and know that together we can realize one.