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The OBBBA will raise energy costs for NC residents by $13 billion over the budget window - that’s stealing from NC families while billionaires and fossil fuel companies get a tax cut.

Thanks for your leadership on this important issue!

A lot of fake math going on. And maybe even exaggerating payroll reports? At least Bloomberg seems to think so.

Bloomberg seems to think something is up with those numbers:

An inspiring team of volunteer lawyers has been hard at work building resources that help states take positive climate action. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this work up close, and it’s now getting well deserved attention.

Congratulations @michaelgerrard.bsky.social and team on the milestone!

Here's what enactment of the One Big Bad Bill would mean for...
-Household energy costs: www.datawrapper.de/_/7paQ3/?v=2

-Growth in US electricity generating capacity www.datawrapper.de/_/HyQQw/?v=7

-US greenhouse gas emissions: www.datawrapper.de/_/MzdpE/?v=6

The harms from this bill will compound in all sorts of ways.

Medicaid cuts are devastating. Also, hospitals & health centers used clean energy tax credits on projects to save $150 million, be more efficient, and keep power on when people care most. Cutting clean energy hurts public health too.

A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators "I don't know where it came from," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.

And for some of it, they don’t even know where it came from…

This bill gets it all so backward: it’s more red tape that’ll make it harder to build in America.

Just chatted last week with a company bringing more than 1,000 jobs to rural NC. They’d have to stop construction for the very reasons outlined in this piece by @jakehigdon.com & @azevin.bsky.social

one of the only laws of politics holding true these days

One big beautiful blackout It’s not just about cost—the bill text imposes new and perhaps insurmountable uncertainties on project developers and investors.

“The bill deprives the country of the chance to rapidly reshape the American grid around cheap and plentiful clean energy—an economic, environmental, and health opportunity of epic proportions that policymakers threaten to whiff on”
Powerful piece from
@cthelala.bsky.social @advaitarun.bsky.social

Not just defund - they’re proposing to actively TAX the primary new sources of electricity generation. This would spark inflation, hurt growth, and raise bills for families.

R Senators - you too can just vote no to stop 11 million people from losing health insurance, a million families from losing food support, and 800k people from losing jobs in clean energy.

And like Thom, just park yourself on a beach and leave this nonsense behind. Really doesn’t sound so bad.

R Senators - you too could just vote no to stop 11 million people from losing health insurance, a million families from losing food support, and 800k people from losing jobs in clean energy.

And then park yourself on a beach and leave this nonsense behind. Just like Thom. Doesn’t sound so bad.

It’s absolutely backward. Takes from the rich to give to the poor. Kills the industries of the future to prop up the past. Cripples American competitiveness to let other countries get ahead.

Senator Roy Cooper has a nice ring to it. Let’s win it.

The GOP’s New Renewables-Killing Tax, Explained As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.

This Republican energy tax would be a surefire way to drive up inflation: it'll increase electricity bills, spark an energy crisis, and kill industries of the future. All for hand outs to fossil fuel companies and billionaires.

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Senator Roy Cooper has a great ring to it. Let’s win it.

Cannot wait for Senator Roy Cooper

The GOP’s New Renewables-Killing Tax, Explained As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.

This Republican energy tax would be a surefire way to drive up inflation: it'll increase electricity bills, spark an energy crisis, and kill industries of the future. All for hand outs to fossil fuel companies and billionaires. A must read from @jael.bsky.social

Senator Roy Cooper has a great ring to it. Let's win it.

The Financial Cost of the Senate Budget Bill’s Tax Provisions

It's a crime against our kids to pile on $4 trillion in debt to get so little and give up so much

If this Senate language on solar passes, I think we’re in a full-blown national energy crisis within 2 years.

Forecasting after the cliff is even worse, but project pipelines will dry up, supply chains will convulse...and cost of new additions will soar. Assuming we can even meet demand growth. 🔌💡

The latest version of the Senate's BBB is a death sentence for US energy leadership and a giant gift to China.

It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.

Maine codifies new goal of 100% clean energy by 2040 Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that moves up the state's timeline to reach net zero carbon emissions.

Good for the planet, even better for your wallet.

"Achieving 100% clean electricity could lower average household energy costs by about $1,300 per year, according to a study conducted by the state’s energy office last year."

Rethinking Load Growth: Assessing the Potential for Integration of Large Flexible Loads in US Power Systems A key solution to the United States' soaring electrical demand—driven by unprecedented electricity needs from large commercial customers, particularly data centers and their booming artificial intelli...

Great work from Duke’s Nicholas Center on how big of an impact load flexibility like this can have: nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications...

Americans Informed About the Distributional Effects of Republicans’ Budget Bill Overwhelmingly Oppose It Survey results show that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is broadly unpopular—overwhelmingly so after respondents learned of its regressive distributional effects.

This Republican budget bill is not just immoral, self-destructive, and flat out bad policy - it’s also deeply unpopular.

“When shown the combined effects, the ratio of opposition to support increased to more than 7 to 1, and only 11% of Americans supported the bill.”

I’ve spoken with companies across my home state of NC who would be forced to make layoffs, close up shop, and even leave manufacturing plants half built… all because of this budget bill.

Check out more examples of where this bill would kill jobs, raise costs, and hurt our energy future:

How can Republicans slash food stamps, Medicaid, and clean energy investment, yet still add $3 trillion in debt?

Easy: they’re giving welfare handouts of $400k to everyone who makes more than $4 million a year.