Derek Merrin: The One Big Beautiful Bill’s Clean Energy Tax Credit Cuts Threatened To Kill Thousands Of Jobs In OH-09

Ohio Was A Hub For Clean Energy Investment From The Inflation Reduction Act, With Clean Energy Tax Credits Generating More Than $21 Billion In Investments Since 2022

Canary Media: “Ohio Is Among The Top States To Benefit From The Inflation Reduction Act’s Clean Energy Incentives” With Some Of The Most Announced Projects In The Country. “Ohio is among the top states to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy incentives. As of last summer, its 9th Congressional District had eight announced projects — more than any other district nationwide, according to E2, which advocates for policies that benefit the economy and the environment. Ohio also ranked among the top 10 states nationwide for announced projects.” [Canary Media, 6/30/25]

March 2025: Clean Energy Tax Credits Generated More Than $21 Billion In Investment Across 154 Current And Planned Clean Energy And Manufacturing Facilities In Ohio Since 2022. “On May 22, the United States House of Representatives passed its 2025 budget Reconciliation legislation entitled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA); the bill has now moved on to the U.S. Senate for committee markups and an eventual vote. The legislation repeals multiple federal policies, funding programs, and tax credits that drive American energy manufacturing and deployment. As passed, the text claws back unobligated funding, expands new oil and gas leasing, changes and eliminates existing energy and manufacturing tax credits, and repeals certain Clean Air Act programs. In particular, the bill drastically changes and terminates existing clean energy tax credits passed by Congress in 2022, which to date have generated $11.41 billion in new private-led investment across 48 domestic energy and manufacturing facilities in Ohio. An additional $10.06 billion of outstanding private investment has been announced across 106 facilities in Ohio. As passed in the House, the OBBBA would undercut these 154 projects, threatening billions in investments, holding back economic growth, costing jobs, and forcing families and businesses to pay higher energy bills.” [Energy Innovation, June 2025]

The One Big Beautiful Bill Eliminated Clean Energy Tax Credits For Wind, Solar, And Nuclear Energy Projects By 2032

The Guardian: The House-Passed Republican Reconciliation Bill Would Eliminate Tax Credits For Wind, Solar, And Nuclear Energy Projects By 2032. “A Republican push to dismantle clean energy incentives threatens to reverberate across the US by costing more than 830,000 jobs, raising energy bills for US households and threatening to unleash millions more tonnes of the planet-heating pollution that is causing the climate crisis, experts have warned. A major tax bill passed by the Republican-held House of Representatives on Thursday morning will, as currently, demolish key components of climate legislation signed by Joe Biden that has spurred a record torrent of renewable energy and electric vehicle investment in the US. Under the reconciliation bill, tax credits for cleaner cars will end this year, with incentives for wind, solar and even nuclear energy projects scaled down and then eliminated by 2032. Clean energy manufacturing tax credits will be axed by 2031, while Americans seeking to upgrade their homes to cleaner or more energy efficient appliances will get no further subsidy after the end of this year. ‘This bill is worse than what people envisioned – it pulls the rug out from facilities banking on these incentives, it raises everyday household costs by hundreds of dollars and undercuts any sort of action on climate change,’ said Robbie Orvis, senior director at Energy Innovation, a non-partisan climate policy thinktank.” [The Guardian, 5/22/25]

The One Big Beautiful Bill’s Clean Energy Tax Incentive Rollbacks Threatened To Tank Both Established And Early-Stage Clean Energy Development Projects

Third Way: Without Tax Incentives, Both Established And Early-Stage Clean Energy Development Projects Were Vulnerable. “New data released today from the Clean Investment Monitor (CIM) shows that planned clean energy investments are projected to support hundreds of thousands of jobs, ranging from building new facilities to day-to-day operations and beyond. But those jobs may never come to be if Republicans succeed in cutting clean energy tax incentives through reconciliation, putting clean energy investments across the US at risk of cancellation. [...] These aren’t just speculative jobs. Battery plants, solar supply chains, and EV component producers are already putting Americans to work building innovative new technologies and helping the United States build a competitive edge in these emerging industries. Tax incentives help existing projects secure continued investment and stay in business. Without them, both established and early-stage projects are vulnerable.” [Third Way, 6/23/25]

Washington Post: Cuts To Clean Energy Tax Credits Would “Kill Some Big Projects On The Drawing Board And Leave Investors Facing Losses For Others On Which Construction Has Begun.” “‘The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country!’ Tesla founder Elon Musk posted on X on Saturday, extending his split with the administration he served as leader of the U.S. DOGE Service. […] The rapid seesaw in Washington’s industrial policy — with what some estimates say is $1 trillion of government and private investment at stake — will kill some big projects on the drawing board and leave investors facing losses for others on which construction has begun. Construction was supposed to be well underway by now at NorSun’s planned $620 million factory in Tulsa, where hundreds of people could be put to work building solar wafers and ingots and helping revitalize manufacturing in the United States. But shovels haven’t hit the ground, and the project has been put on hold indefinitely. ‘We’re in a time where anything that gets done by one administration risks getting undone by the next,’ said Todd Templeton, director of Americas for NorSun, which was relying on the targeted subsidies to manufacture the wafers and ingots that enable solar panels to harness the sun’s energy — technology that was invented in the U.S. but hasn’t been made in an American factory in more than a decade.” [Washington Post, 6/29/25]

Canary Media And Energy Innovation Estimated The One Big Beautiful Bill’s Clean Energy Tax Credit Rollbacks Could Cost Ohio Between 32,000 And 91,000 Jobs By 2030

Canary Media: “Thousands Of Ohio Jobs Are At Risk As Republicans In Congress Decide The Fate Of The Inflation Reduction Act’s Clean Energy Tax Credits.” “Thousands of Ohio jobs are at risk as Republicans in Congress decide the fate of the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits, according to two new reports. The 2022 federal climate law spurred announcements of more than $7 billion in clean energy projects in Ohio. An analysis by the nonpartisan business group E2 links those investments to nearly 5,000 announced jobs. A separate research paper published this month by the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of labor unions and environmental groups, used broader criteria to conclude that Republicans’ ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ puts more than 17,000 direct manufacturing jobs at risk in the state. The ripple effect on other sectors that work with clean energy companies could bring the number to more than 91,000.” [Canary Media, 6/30/25]

Energy Innovation: Ohio Faced The Fifth Worst Job Losses In The Country In The Energy And Manufacturing Sector, With The One Big Beautiful Bill Projected To Cost The State 32,000 Jobs By 2030. “In 2030, the states with the worst job losses are: • California with 70,000 lost jobs • Texas with 61,000 lost jobs • Florida with 59,000 lost jobs • North Carolina with 45,000 lost jobs • Ohio with 32,000 lost jobs.” [Energy Innovation, June 2025]

Canary Media: It Was Possible For Ohio Job Losses To Balloon To More Than 91,000, As Sectors That Work With Clean Energy Companies Faced Ripple Effects. “Thousands of Ohio jobs are at risk as Republicans in Congress decide the fate of the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits, according to two new reports.

The 2022 federal climate law spurred announcements of more than $7 billion in clean energy projects in Ohio. An analysis by the nonpartisan business group E2 links those investments to nearly 5,000 announced jobs. A separate research paper published this month by the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of labor unions and environmental groups, used broader criteria to conclude that Republicans’ ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ puts more than 17,000 direct manufacturing jobs at risk in the state. The ripple effect on other sectors that work with clean energy companies could bring the number to more than 91,000.” [Canary Media, 6/30/25]

Third Way: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Was Slated To Become “One Of The Largest Job-Killing Packages For U.S. Manufacturing In A Generation.” “President Trump has said he wants to catapult the United States into a new manufacturing renaissance. But as currently drafted, his signature legislation is slated to become one of the largest job-killing packages for U.S. manufacturing in a generation. CIM’s data, included below, shows that eliminating clean energy incentives has consequences: fewer jobs, less investment, and a retreat from global competitiveness in key industries.” [Third Way, 6/23/25]

Business And Labor Leaders In Ohio Said Cuts To Clean Energy Tax Credits In The One Big Beautiful Bill Would Result In Mass Layoffs In Manufacturing Due To Clean Energy Investments Vanishing “Overnight”

Al Frasz, Commercial Business Manager Of Ohio-Based Solar Company Yellowlite, Said The One Big Beautiful Bill’s Cuts To Clear Energy Tax Credits Put His Company “In A Mode Of Having To Lay Off 35% To 40% Of Our Employees.” “Cleveland, Ohio-based solar company YellowLite is among the firms already pausing hiring in response to federal policy uncertainty. The company said it had planned to bring on 20 to 25 more workers this year to keep up with growing business. Those plans are now on hold. If the threatened cuts happen, the company fears business will ‘decline dramatically,’ said Al Frasz, YellowLite’s commercial business manager. ‘We will probably be in a mode of having to lay off 35% to 40% of our employees.’ Frasz is one of dozens of business, labor, civic, and other leaders in Ohio calling upon Congress to revise the current reconciliation budget bill to preserve the IRA tax credits and other clean energy provisions.” [Canary Media, 6/30/25]

• Canary Media: “Frasz Is One Of Dozens Of Business, Labor, Civic, And Other Leaders In Ohio Calling Upon Congress To […] Preserve The IRA Tax Credits And Other Clean Energy Provisions.” “Cleveland, Ohio-based solar company YellowLite is among the firms already pausing hiring in response to federal policy uncertainty. The company said it had planned to bring on 20 to 25 more workers this year to keep up with growing business. Those plans are now on hold. If the threatened cuts happen, the company fears business will ‘decline dramatically,’ said Al Frasz, YellowLite’s commercial business manager. ‘We will probably be in a mode of having to lay off 35% to 40% of our employees.’ Frasz is one of dozens of business, labor, civic, and other leaders in Ohio calling upon Congress to revise the current reconciliation budget bill to preserve the IRA tax credits and other clean energy provisions. Ohio is among the top states to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy incentives. As of last summer, its 9th Congressional District had eight announced projects — more than any other district nationwide, according to E2, which advocates for policies that benefit the economy and the environment. Ohio also ranked among the top 10 states nationwide for announced projects.” [Canary Media, 6/30/25]

Power A Clean Future Ohio Executive Director Joe Flarida: “What We’re Going To See Is A Ton Of Investment That’s Taken Place Over The Past Couple Of Years Completely Vanish Overnight.” “‘Businesses are reacting to the Senate’s proposal, like the House’s, that would drastically scale back the very tax credits that had been driving an American energy and manufacturing boom,’ said Michael Timberlake, E2’s communications director, when the group released its data on May 29. Part of the Inflation Reduction Act’s success in spurring clean energy investments stems from its 10-year time frame for tax credits, noted Joe Flarida, executive director of Power a Clean Future Ohio, which works with local governments on clean energy. That signaled to businesses and communities that there would be some stability, which is important for business planning. ‘What we saw was this massive movement and response to use and leverage those tax credits in a productive way,’ Flarida said. Pulling the rug out from under organizations that planned or broke ground on projects expecting those tax credits ‘is going to be a wasteful-government-spending dilemma,’ he continued. ‘What we’re going to see is a ton of investment that’s taken place over the past couple of years completely vanish overnight. And this is just bad policymaking.’” [Canary Media, 6/30/25]

Ohio/Indiana UAW Leader: “The Reconciliation Bill Threatens To Upend All The Positive Stuff We Have Worked Towards Building Good Manufacturing Jobs, Working With Companies Throughout Ohio.” “‘This is in the politicians’ hands — if they’re going to continue these credits or they won’t,’ said David Green, director of the United Auto Workers’ Region 2B office, which covers Indiana and Ohio. The labor union’s members have benefited from IRA-spurred growth in the automobile industry’s electric vehicle sector. ‘The reconciliation bill threatens to upend all the positive stuff we have worked towards building good manufacturing jobs, working with companies throughout Ohio and Indiana. … Good union jobs are on the line, and we need to do everything we can to protect the middle class of this country.’” [Canary Media, 6/30/25]