Following is a statement from Jeff Cramer, president and CEO of Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA), on new Treasury Department directives for energy tax credits:
“The Treasury Department’s new directive effectively rewrites the law Congress passed under the One Big Beautiful Bill. By narrowing the rules for what qualifies as having “started construction,” the administration has upended long-standing, bipartisan standards in a way never agreed to during the legislative process.
At a time when state leaders across the country—in red and blue states alike—are embracing an all-of-the-above energy strategy, fast-tracking infrastructure to meet record load growth, the White House is choosing a “some-of-the-above” approach. From landowners and farmers to rural communities, there is strong, bipartisan support for community solar and other distributed energy solutions that deliver local benefits. These anti–free market rules will needlessly destroy American jobs, cripple U.S.-based companies, and undermine the fastest, most affordable form of energy we can build today.
We fail to see the logic in intentionally weakening our nation’s energy independence at the very moment we should be unleashing every proven technology to meet demand, enhance resilience, and keep costs down for the people we serve. We will keep up the fight.”