Kelsey Tamborrino
@kelseytam
Energy reporter @POLITICO. @penn_state alumna. Send tips to [email protected]. DM for Signal
NEW: Senate GOP mods beat back crippling blow to wind and solar power. Now, they’re hoping the last-minute compromise will prevent a political and economic backlash. How they did it, and will it matter? w/@kelseytam, @jamepdx politi.co/44H6P0W
NEWS: President Trump issued an executive order Monday directing Treasury to "strictly enforce" phase-outs of clean energy tax credits. It suggests he may seek to change the "safe harbor" standard for starting construction, as sought by conservatives. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
A warning for wind and solar from House conservatives: Trump promised enforcement crackdown on construction for renewable energy credits from myself and @SiegelScribe: politico.com/live-updates/2…
New: House mods & conservatives spar over Senate’s clean energy megabill compromise. Swing district Rs are comfortable upper chamber avoided severe wind/solar cuts. But Chip Roy is holding out over 1 year carveout to start construction. W @jamepdx subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passes Senate by 51-50 vote politico.com/news/2025/07/0…
And here are the wraparound changes! Excise tax out, solar/wind get another year before placed in service goes into effect, FEOC changes From @SiegelScribe @kelseytam politico.com/live-updates/2…
NEW: Senate bill to get vote soon will ease wind and solar phaseout. Excise tax gone and Republican defenders of IRA credits earn other key changes reported here w @kelseytam @jamepdx subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
🚨 NEW: Details of the wraparound text for solar and wind tax credits from @SiegelScribe @jamepdx and me Excise tax is out, placed in service at 2027 but only for facilities that begin construction 12 months from enactment politico.com/live-updates/2…
!! Final megabill “wraparound” amendment is expected to tweak language around clean energy credits, @meredithllee and @nicholaswu12 report politico.com/live-updates/2…
ERNST: “I don’t think they’re going to let us” offer the solar and wind amendment Possible that the amendment or part of it could be included in a final wraparound, as @ktullymcmanus reports politico.com/live-updates/2…
NEWS: Ernst, Murkowski, Grassley are still searching for offsets for their amendment to ease IRA credit rollbacks. “They’re hard to find,” Grassley says Need offsets for simple majority vote, otherwise likely need 60 votes w/ @SiegelScribe @kelseytam subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
Update: In addition to Murkowski, clean energy credits amendment is led by ERNST and GRASSLEY Others expressing interest to us include CURTIS, TILLIS and ROUNDS
SCOOP: Murkowski plans amendment to ease IRA solar, wind tax credit phaseouts by moving to “commence construction” from harsher “placed in service.” Would be a big fight between mods and conservatives/Trump if it gets a vote. W/@kelseytam subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
NOTABLE: This amendment would also codify safe harbor for the credits
FULL update: Ernst, Murkowski, Grassley offer amendment to ease solar/wind tax credit phaseouts. Tillis, Curtis, Rounds sympathetic. There's a proposed offset too, unclear if it flies w/ Graham to get vote under majority threshold. @kelseytam @jamepdx subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
FULL update: Ernst, Murkowski, Grassley offer amendment to ease solar/wind tax credit phaseouts. Tillis, Curtis, Rounds sympathetic. There's a proposed offset too, unclear if it flies w/ Graham to get vote under majority threshold. @kelseytam @jamepdx subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
SCOOP: Murkowski plans amendment to ease IRA solar, wind tax credit phaseouts by moving to “commence construction” from harsher “placed in service.” Would be a big fight between mods and conservatives/Trump if it gets a vote. W/@kelseytam subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
New Senate text is out -- and it makes even deeper cuts to wind and solar credits. Projects must now be "placed in service" by the end of 2027, the change sought by Trump and conservatives that developers say could kill 100s of projects. w/ @kelseytam subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
NEWS: Trump pushes Thune to crack down on wind and solar IRA credits in megabill. The president is directly intervening in the talks to push for the House-passed harsher "placed in service standard" that moderates oppose @kelseytam @jamepdx politi.co/4khE0wx
In ME: Senate Republicans who've pushed to protect IRA clean energy tax credits are now working to prevent backsliding toward House-passed bill, an acknowledgment they may be limited in how much more they can ease rollbacks under conservative backlash. w @kelseytam, @jamepdx