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Washington, DC – Today, the Solar Energy Manufacturers for America (SEMA) Coalition will be on Capitol Hill urging Congress to save 48E and the Domestic Content Bonus to ensure the longevity of the solar industry and American energy.
“The Senate Finance reconciliation text risks American energy dominance by stripping American solar manufacturers of their stability,” said Mike Carr, Executive Director of the Solar Energy Manufacturers for America (SEMA) Coalition. “This is about the small towns that have been reinvigorated by solar manufacturers. We are pro-American manufacturing, and this bill will not provide enough time for manufacturers to continue their buildout in the United States. We will effectively be handing the solar industry over to China in a gift box.”
SEMA Coalition companies are pushing to maintain 48E’s 10% Domestic Content Bonus as long as possible and to eliminate the integrated product restriction for 45X to ensure manufacturers can continue building a solar industry in America, for Americans.
Carr continued, “any improvements that the Senate included in this draft are irrelevant given the sudden phase out of the Investment Tax Credit, with the vital domestic content bonus, beginning at the end of this year. With this bill, Trump can say goodbye to any hope of onshoring domestic manufacturing and instead usher in a new era of Chinese dominance, exposing our grid to security vulnerabilities and crushing American jobs. We see an opportunity for Senators and the Trump administration to listen to the companies and reverse course before it’s too late.”
The SEMA Coalition is asking the Senate to:
