Energy and Climate

Clean energy tax credits

43 public statements from 2026 candidates · 2 related bills

§1The range of views

Why this matters: The credits lower the cost of clean energy projects and home upgrades, and they cost the government money and affect which power plants get built and what electricity costs.

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Federal tax credits for clean power and home energy, such as wind, solar, nuclear and battery projects and home solar panels; a 2025 law ended or phased out early many of them, including those for wind, solar and home solar, while mostly keeping the nuclear and battery credits.1

  1. End the remaining clean energy credits
  2. Keep the credits as the 2025 law left them
  3. Restore the credits the 2025 law ended or cut back

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

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End the remaining clean energy credits (1)

  • Lily Tang Williams NH-2
    Her campaign website says she will fight federal green energy mandates and subsidies, which it says interfere with markets and raise costs for New England ratepayers.2

Restore the credits the 2025 law ended or cut back (15)

  • Mary Peltola AK Senate
    Her campaign website says she would work to restore the federal tax credits for solar, wind and hydropower projects that were cut by the federal reconciliation bill.3,4
  • Bill Hill AK-AL
    His campaign website says he would restore tax credits that bring new renewable energy projects online, alongside making the most of Alaska's oil and natural gas.5
  • Mike Thompson CA-4
    His campaign website says many clean energy tax provisions were recently ended by law and that he is fighting to restore them.6
  • Scott Wiener CA-11
    His campaign website says he would restore the Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy investments and protect the tax credits for solar, wind and battery storage from rollback.7
  • Melissa Hernandez CA-14
    Her campaign website says she supports legislation to fully restore the Inflation Reduction Act and a shift toward a range of renewable energy sources.8
  • Adam Withrow CO Senate
    His campaign website says the solar tax credit should be revived and made permanent, along with rebates for new installations.9
  • Sarah McBride DE-AL
    Her campaign website says she cosponsored the Energy Bills Relief Act, which would restore clean energy tax credits, expand energy assistance and speed permitting for energy projects.10
  • Mike Sell FL-4
    His campaign's platform calls for restoring the clean energy tax credits.11
  • Daniel Biss IL-9
    His campaign website says he will reinstate the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act and pass a new budget bill to reverse cuts to wind, solar, energy efficiency and electric vehicle infrastructure.12
  • Nikki Budzinski IL-13
    Her campaign website says she is a cosponsor of the American Energy Independence and Affordability Act, which it says would restore key clean energy tax incentives.13
  • Adam Hamilton KS Senate
    His campaign website says he would restore the energy production tax credits that were repealed and that he supports producing energy from all sources.14
  • Dan Koh MA-6
    His campaign website says he will introduce legislation to reinstate the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act, including its tax credits for home energy efficiency and electric vehicles.15
  • Alani Bankhead MT Senate
    Her campaign website says she would bring back the home solar, battery and EV-charging tax credits.16
  • Annie Andrews SC Senate
    Her affordability plan says it was a mistake to repeal tax breaks for more efficient and renewable energy and that she would work to restore them.17
  • James Talarico TX Senate
    His campaign website says he would bring back federal tax credits and other tools that speed up renewable energy development.18

Statements that don't match one option (27)

  • Andrew Sneed AL-5
    His campaign website calls for restoring federal funding for clean and sustainable energy technologies and federal investment in energy efficiency.19,20
  • Mike McGuire CA-1
    His campaign's rural plan says he would reinstate federal funding for local renewable energy and storage projects, including solar, wind, battery storage, biomass and geothermal.21
  • Ami Bera CA-3
    His campaign website supports long-term extensions of the production and investment tax credits for solar and wind, along with higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks and energy retrofits of buildings and homes.22
  • Doris Matsui CA-7
    Her official House biography says she helped secure clean energy tax incentives and credits through the Inflation Reduction Act, and an earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she supported that law's clean energy investments.23,24
  • John Garamendi CA-8
    His campaign website lists among his accomplishments passing a five-year extension of the wind and solar tax credits.25
  • Connie Chan CA-11
    Her campaign website says she would expand and restore Inflation Reduction Act grant programs for clean-energy manufacturing jobs and increase tax credits for electric vehicles and solar panels for middle-income families.26
  • Lateefah Simon CA-12
    Her campaign website says she would build on the Inflation Reduction Act, pass the Green New Deal and provide more tax incentives for energy-efficient appliances in low- and middle-income homes.27
  • Ro Khanna CA-17
    His campaign website says he would protect Inflation Reduction Act funding and reverse President Trump's cancellations of renewable energy projects.28
  • Jimmy Gomez CA-34
    His campaign website says he wrote and passed tax credits for energy efficiency in new and existing homes as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.29,30
  • Mike Levin CA-49
    His campaign website says he helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act's climate investments, including energy efficiency and clean vehicle tax credits, and has fought the Trump administration's efforts to roll them back.31
  • Christopher Mitchell CO-5
    His campaign website says he would vote to end all federal funding for green energy initiatives, while expanding natural gas production.32
  • Brittany Pettersen CO-7
    Her campaign website says she supports a rapid transition to renewable energy and incentives for the research, development and deployment of renewable technologies.33
  • Joe Krzeczkowski CO-7
    His campaign website calls for funding clean energy and building enough clean domestic energy to make prices affordable.34,35
  • Rosa L. DeLauro CT-3
    Her campaign website calls the Inflation Reduction Act a start and says she is working to make Connecticut a leader in the clean energy economy.36
  • Jim Himes CT-4
    His campaign website says he supported the Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy investments, introduced the National Green Bank Act, and wants the shift to sustainable energy to speed up.37,38
  • Darren Soto FL-9
    His campaign website says he supports renewable energy and tax credits for electric vehicles, hybrids, solar and wind.39
  • Lucy McBath GA-6
    Her campaign website says she has supported the Biden administration’s efforts to increase savings for American families shifting to clean energy.40
  • Chris Harden GA-11
    His campaign website says Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits and incentives, which a 2025 law rolled back, were helping families lower utility bills and workers secure good-paying jobs, and that he will fight to expand clean energy and modernize the electric grid.41
  • Darin LaHood IL-16
    His campaign website says he wrote the rules that ban China and other foreign adversaries from collecting American clean energy tax credits.42
  • Morgan McGarvey KY-3
    His campaign website says he supports federal spending and tax incentives to dramatically expand renewable energy buildout in the United States.43
  • Richard E. Neal MA-1
    His campaign website lists among his accomplishments developing and passing the Inflation Reduction Act, which it says uses tax incentives to speed clean energy production, energy efficiency, clean fuels, clean vehicles and clean manufacturing.44
  • Nancy Wallace MD-8
    Her campaign website says she supports tax incentives for renewable energy and would end all tax breaks for the oil, natural gas and nuclear industries.45
  • Hillary Scholten MI-3
    Her campaign website says she is leading the push to invest in a new energy economy through tax credits for renewable energy innovation.46
  • Christina Bertrand Hines MI-10
    Her environment topic page says she will back legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act that, it says, helps return clean energy manufacturing to the United States.47
  • Jamie Ager NC-11
    His campaign website says he backs tax credits meant to help families use less energy and lower their heating and electricity bills.48
  • Chris Pappas NH Senate
    His campaign website says he is defending clean energy tax credits that it says lower costs and create jobs.49
  • Ben R Lujan NM Senate
    His campaign website says he helped pass clean energy tax credits and efficiency rebates and has sponsored legislation to lower energy costs.50

§3Related bills

Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.