Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick told Politico’s E&E News that he is looking to introduce legislation that would resurrect green energy incentives recently cut. [some emphasis, links added]
President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA) into law on July 4, 2025, celebrating the cuts and phase-outs it made to Biden-era wind, solar, and electric vehicle (EV) tax credits.
The OBBBA eliminated hundreds of billions of dollars in green energy tax credits from former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that he signed into law in August 2022.
Fitzpatrick was one of two House Republicans to split with their party and vote against the OBBBA, and he told E&E News that many of his Republican colleagues “struggled” with their vote over the green tax credit cuts.
“I am taking the lead because I did vote ‘no’ on the package,” Fitzpatrick told E&E News regarding his plans to renew the green tax credit fight. “Renewables are critical in energy independence, which is a national security issue. I don’t understand the perspective. … If you want to lower energy costs, [you’ve] got to utilize every single source you have.”
Fitzpatrick’s office did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
The Pennsylvania lawmaker noted that he was still seeking input from various labor groups and adjusting the bill details, according to E&E News.
Twenty-one House Republicans wrote a joint letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, urging Congress’s chief tax writer to preserve the credits in March 2025.
Additionally, four moderate Republican Senators also called for the preservation of the credits.
Notably, red districts largely benefited from the IRA tax credits, according to data from the green energy group E2.
Critics of the green energy tax credits argue that they distort markets while favoring less reliable resources at the taxpayer’s expense.
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