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NEW: House Republicans strike bigger blow against clean energy tax credits. Our read on the reconciliation bill's IRA changes. In a big one, we obtained an email from leadership showing transferability is GONE for all but nuclear. w James Bikales Kelsey Tamborrino subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

House Republicans are gutting the IRA clean energy credits even further in the modified House bill, which could get a vote tonight Our breakdown, w/ Joshua Siegel Kelsey Tamborrino politico.com/live-updates/2…

DEEP-SEA DEBATE: President Donald Trump wants to mine minerals off the seafloor — and The Metals Company is all in. I hosted CEO Gerard Barron gerard barron on the @POLITICO Energy podcast to discuss why. 🧵 on our discussion, produced by the great Nirmal Mulaikal podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mee…

Scoop: Trump picks Emily Domenech to lead the Federal Permitting Council. Emily Domenech is a former senior adviser to Speaker Mike Johnson and his predecessor Kevin McCarthy, and negotiated NEPA reforms as part of bipartisan 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

Tesla and Elon Musk are opposed to Republicans' plans to gut clean energy tax credits in their megabill. politico.com/news/2025/05/2…

NEW: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tells me Dems have a ripe new target in fight against the “big, beautiful bill” — leveraging GOP infighting over gutting clean-energy credits. The plan: public pressure campaign + vote-a-rama amendments. politico.com/newsletters/in… POLITICO

NEWS: Senate committees will start rolling out reconciliation bill text this week, three people tell Benjamin Guggenheim and me Per two people committees releasing text will be: SASC, EPW, Commerce and maybe Banking politico.com/live-updates/2…

Scoop this am in ME

Sen. Lankford, Republican of Okla— a major wind producer — tells me he’s comfortable quickly phasing out IRA credits for wind/solar, but wants a longer runway for “baseload power” like nuclear, geothermal “If you’re a data center you’re not looking for more intermittent power.”

ME this am: Senate GOP prioritizes IRA credits for "baseload" energy sources, while few are publicly defending wind and solar. Interestingly, EPW Chair Capito tells us she's looking to protect credits boosting Form Energy's big battery project in her state. W Kelsey Tamborrino

Sen. Curtis in op-ed on IRA credits: “businesses from across the energy spectrum [including renewables] have already made billions in long-term investments.” Adds to “pull rug out risks freezing investment, delaying domestic production, increasing costs deseret.com/opinion/2025/0…

Tillis just told me there was no IRA tax credit discussion at Senate Finance meeting at the White House. He said it was more a big picture discussion and he didn’t think it was right venue to bring up his concerns

Scoop: A split between automakers over Republicans’ megabill is hobbling their powerful trade group Alliance for Automotive Innovation from presenting a unified message as the Senate considers major rollbacks to EV and manufacturing tax credits benefiting the industry. politico.com/news/2025/06/0…

On phaseouts of IRA clean energy credits, Sen. Tillis tells me “Everyone of them is going to have some sort of an extension” compared to the House bill

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