SEIA: ‘Don’t let Congress cut energy tax credits!’

Published on April 23, 2025 by Kim Riley

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With both chambers of Congress returning to Washington, D.C., to negotiate a budget reconciliation package, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on April 21 launched a new grassroots advocacy platform to protect energy tax credits.

“Cutting federal clean energy tax credits would increase household electric bills the very next day,” said Abigail Ross Hopper, SEIA’s president and CEO. “Now is the time for Americans to make their voices heard as Congress gears up to negotiate a budget package that could increase energy costs and stall America’s fastest-growing energy technologies.”

Solar and storage are an American success story, supporting thousands of good jobs, millions in energy savings, and a surging manufacturing sector, according to SEIA. However, Congress is considering cutting policies that support solar, threatening the billions already invested in communities.

SEIA’s new platform, entitled Solar Powers America, aims to help mobilize Americans to influence the conversation in Washington, D.C., by helping them contact their congressional representatives to urge support for the federal tax credits that benefit the country’s energy and manufacturing economy. 

“Solar and storage are driving American energy and AI dominance, supporting thousands of good jobs, lowering energy costs, and delivering historic manufacturing investments,” Hopper said.

Alongside the debut of Solar Powers America, SEIA also launched a new advertising campaign targeting key congressional districts that also encourages constituents to contact their lawmakers through SolarPowersAmerica.org, and outlines what could be at risk if federal energy incentives are repealed. 

For instance, SEIA says that federal energy incentives passed by Congress in 2022 have been central to lowering costs for clean energy technologies, and they’ve given millions of households a choice of solar and storage to directly reduce their electricity bills. 

“The fact of the matter is these federal energy incentives have been an economic engine for the United States,” said SEIA. “And if these incentives are repealed, Americans’ utility bills will increase the very next day.”

Moving forward, Solar Powers America will serve as the hub for all of SEIA’s federal and state grassroots advocacy, the organization said Monday.