Four Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday aimed at preserving certain tax credits for clean energy projects. The “US Energy Dominance Act” aims to extend the effective length of energy efficiency, clean hydrogen and renewable energy tax credits, including the Investment Tax Credit (48E) and the Production Tax Credit (45Y) for commercial and eligible residential solar projects.
“Amid rising electricity costs and tens of billions in clean energy projects being canceled and postponed across this country, this is a modest – but smart – step back in the right direction,” said Bob Keefe, executive director of E2, in a press statement. “Lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum are beginning to realize that there should be nothing political or partisan about cheaper energy, more efficient homes and the jobs, investments and energy security that come with building more clean energy.”
The bill was authored and introduced by Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Representative Max Miller (OH-7), and Mike Carey (OH-15), and was written in collaboration with North America’s Building Trades Unions.
In their current state, 45Y and 48E are expected to expire at the end of 2027, and safe harbor projects under these tax credits – which require paying a percentage of the project cost or completing a “physical work test” – must be completed by July 4 of this year. The effective terms of these tax credits were changed last year when the Trump administration introduced and passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The residential investment deduction (25D) for solar energy expired at the end of 2025.
“If America wants to lower costs, strengthen its energy supply and build with confidence for the future, we need a policy framework strong enough to support that scale of work,” Fitzpatrick said in a press release. “That means certainty. When the rules are unstable, projects stall, hiring slows, investments falter, and the people who count on progress pay the price.”
