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Law governing the use and taxation of energy
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| 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
The Open Enrollment period showed a slower growth with 3,938,907 new consumers, but the IRA enabled 80% of users to find a health insurance plan for $10 a month or less.
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| May 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Journalist Michael Thomas finds 78% of new solar, wind, and battery projects have been built in Republican districts, bringing roughly $100 billion in private investment.
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| 2025 |
Energy Policy Act of 2005
Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act extended through this year.
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| April 15 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Trump-appointed federal judge Mary McElroy of Rhode Island ruled that some Inflation Reduction Act funding had to be unfrozen nationwide in a case brought by local conservation groups.
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| April 15 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
District of Columbia federal judge Tanya Chutkan issued a preliminary injunction forcing the EPA and Treasury Department's Citibank to unfreeze the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
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| March 14 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Incoming Congress overturned the methane fee regulation, effectively abolishing the Waste Emissions Charge.
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| March 4 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Environmental Protection Agency unfroze the $7 billion Solar for All program after newly appointed Administrator Lee Zeldin attempted to terminate clean energy grant programs.
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| January 17 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Biden administration finalized $96.7 billion in clean energy grants (84% of total energy grants), leaving $11 billion for the incoming president to distribute.
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| January 16 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
DOE lent $22.9 billion to six utility companies (DTE Electric Company, PacificCorp, and Consumers Energy being the largest recipients) for energy expansions.
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| January 10 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
USDA finalized $5.49 billion in New ERA grants and loans to 28 rural electric cooperative projects, and $565 million in PACE loans to 26 solar nonprofit projects.
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| January 3 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Treasury Department finalized the 45V clean hydrogen tax credit, maintaining 'three pillars' approach with major exemptions, including delaying hourly matching requirement to 2030.
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| January 1 2025 |
Inflation Reduction Act
New Section 45Z tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel production begins, running through December 2028.
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| 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
The Open Enrollment period saw 5,215,764 new consumers sign up for health insurance exchanges, a 31% increase from the previous year. 92% of consumers (roughly 19.73 million people) received aid, with average annual premium savings of $705 and 48%. The Act helped 1.5 million people avoid subsidy ineligibility.
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| 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Biden administration began reevaluating potential IRS tax collection under the Inflation Reduction Act, projecting $851 billion in new revenue from 2024–2034 without adding tax burdens to those earning under $400,000 annually.
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| 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
John Podesta concludes his leadership of the White House Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, having overseen the Act's implementation for two years.
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| December 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
$335 million was delivered to private forest owners for additional conservation projects.
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| December 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Clean power investment tax credit rules were finalized, clarifying qualifying energy projects and tax credit requirements.
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| December 31 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Existing tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel production end, providing $1.25 to $1.75 per gallon through Section 40B and 6426 tax credits.
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| December 18 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
DOE used Section 1706 Program to fund Pacific Gas and Electric Company's hydropower and energy storage expansions, enabling virtual power plant experiments.
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| November 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Department of Energy announced $6.6 billion in funding to be loaned to Rivian for completing its new plant in Georgia.
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| November 12 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Biden administration announced the first methane fee for oil and gas companies (Waste Emissions Charge), set at $900 per metric ton in 2024, rising to $1,500 per metric ton in 2026, with a projected removal of 1.2 million tons of methane by 2036.
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| October 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
The USDA's Regional Conservation Partnership Program received $1.5 billion for 92 conservation projects nationwide.
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| October 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
$265 million was delivered to private forest owners for conservation projects.
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| October 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo revealed plans to finalize tax credit rules for clean hydrogen, advanced manufacturing, and tech-neutral clean power by December.
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| October 29 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
EPA and President Biden announced 55 recipients of the $2.9 billion Clean Ports Program, focusing on zero-emissions cargo handling equipment.
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| September 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
SEIA reports the Act helped quadruple US solar manufacturing capacity to 31 gigawatts since its passage.
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| September 5 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
USDA announced $7.3 billion in funding for 16 rural electric cooperative projects under the Act's New ERA program, targeting 43 million tons of emissions reduction.
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| August 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Treasury Department reports 3.4 million households claimed over $8 billion in home energy improvement tax credits, with an average benefit of $880 per family. Wealthier households claimed about 66% of the total $5.5 billion in credits.
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| August 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service received $20 million to help preserve Southwest desert fish, moths, freshwater mussels, and Pacific island plants.
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| August 16 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
United Steelworkers reached an electoral neutrality agreement with solar panel manufacturer Convalt, facilitating union formation at IRA-linked project sites in Pennsylvania and New York.
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| August 1 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Conclusion of the Medicare drug price negotiation process initiated by the Inflation Reduction Act.
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| July 2024 |
Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act
Act extended through 2045 as part of the ADVANCE Act.
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| July 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
The EPA allocated $34 million from its Community Change Grants Program to communities in Alabama and Tennessee to improve wastewater and stormwater management, reconnect communities, and expand urban green spaces.
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| July 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
By this time, the IRS expansion led to over $1 billion being collected in past-due taxes from millionaires and other high-wealth individuals.
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| July 24 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
DOE's Grid Deployment Office awarded $371 million to 20 projects across 16 states for speeding up high-voltage transmission line approvals.
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| July 22 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
EPA awards $4.3 billion to 25 cities, states, tribal governments, and coalitions to implement community-driven solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with the largest recipient being the South Coast Air Quality Management District in California receiving $499,997,415 for vehicle decarbonization.
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| June 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Treasury Department announced over 150,000 electric vehicles had received more than $1 billion in savings through the Act's tax credits since January 1.
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| June 25 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
IRS finalized guidance on prevailing wage and apprenticeship bonuses for the Act's most important tax credits.
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| May 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Staffers for California Governor Gavin Newsom requested an 'alternative compliance pathway' from the Treasury Department to lift emissions restrictions on the state's hydrogen hub.
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| May 14 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Department of Energy announced a $1.66 billion loan guarantee to Plug Power for scaling up clean hydrogen production in six facilities.
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| April 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Evercore investment bank projects the clean energy and manufacturing tax credit market will reach parity in 2028, with transferable tax credits expected to grow from $47 billion in 2024 to over $100 billion annually by 2030-2033.
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| April 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
The Section 40B tax credit guidance for sustainable aviation fuel was released, sparking mixed reactions from various stakeholders including biofuel producers, airlines, farmers, ethanol producers, and environmentalists.
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| April 30 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Treasury Department released guidance on tax credits for sustainable aviation fuels, offering $1.25 to $1.75 per gallon based on greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
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| April 22 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Biden administration announced 60 recipients of the $7 billion Solar for All program, projected to serve 900,000 low-income households and generate $8 billion in cumulative savings.
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| March 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
An additional $145 million was delivered to forest owners for conservation projects.
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| March 25 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Biden administration announces first 33 grant recipients of the $6 billion Industrial Demonstrations Program, allocating $1.5 billion to cement and concrete projects, $1.5 billion to steelmaking projects, and $1.2 billion to chemical engineering and refinery projects.
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| March 13 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Neighborhood Equity and Access program awarded $3.33 billion in grants to 132 projects for removing highways and railroads built through poorer neighborhoods.
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| March 6 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Department of Agriculture announced $139 million for five solar and battery storage projects in Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, and Nebraska under the Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program.
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| February 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Alaska received $1 million for remote communities to strengthen resilience, food security, and improve cooperation with indigenous tribes.
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| February 29 2024 |
Inflation Reduction Act
Deadline for applying to the Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program grant awards.
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