Press Releases & Statements / Onshore Clean Energy
The U.S. Department of Treasury announced its final rule for the Section 48 Investment Tax Credit. Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, the tax credit invests in renewable energy projects across several sectors including solar, geothermal, on- and offshore wind, energy storage, and more.
Press Releases & Statements / Onshore Clean Energy
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announcedinvestments from the Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act to lower energy costs and grow clean power across nine states. The $3 billion funding from the New Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program will go to rural energy cooperatives in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Minnesota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Energy and Advanced Technology Manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 14 projects to address critical clean energy supply chain vulnerabilities and grow domestic clean energy manufacturing in 12 states. The funding from the Advanced Energy Manufacturing and Recycling Grant Program will help revitalize communities affected by coal mine or coal power plant closures.
Press Releases & Statements / Support for Impacted Workers
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) unveiled the American Energy Worker Opportunity Act. The bill would provide comprehensive support for coal and oil refinery workers as we shift to a clean energy economy.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
President Biden traveled to Westby, Wisconsin today to announce an award from the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. At the event, the president highlighted a New ERA investment funded by the Inflation Reduction Act that Dairyland Power Cooperative will use to grow solar and wind energy to supply power to utilities. New ERA is designed to help member-owned rural energy cooperatives transition to clean, affordable, and reliable energy—creating good jobs for local workers and ensuring workers and communities aren’t left behind in the transition to cleaner, cheaper energy.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs
President Biden will travel to Westby, Wisconsin today to announce an award from the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. At the event, the president is expected to highlight a New ERA investment funded by the Inflation Reduction Act that Dairyland Power Cooperative will use to grow solar energy efforts to supply power to utilities in a four-state area. New ERA is designed to help member-owned rural energy cooperatives transition to clean, affordable, and reliable energy—creating good jobs for local workers and ensuring workers and communities aren’t left behind in the transition to cleaner, cheaper energy.
Press Releases & Statements / Economic Development
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced more than $49 million in grants from the Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) program. The grants will support 35 projects across 18 states and will help workers in rural America get prepared for jobs in high-demand sectors.
Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
Today marks two years since President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law—a historic investment in clean energy and manufacturing. The law is working across the nation to create good-paying, union jobs in clean energy and manufacturing for the workers and communities that need them the most, while reducing the emissions driving climate change.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
During an event in Lansing, MI, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced the award of $500 million under the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program to fund the retooling of General Motors’s (GM) Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the first ever award recipients of its Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program. The Inflation Reduction Act-funded program is a first-of-its-kind effort to provide direct grants to recently closed or at-risk facilities and funds the retooling efforts needed to transform production lines that were building internal combustion engine vehicles and parts into production lines building electric vehicles (EVs) and parts.