Clean Energy Tax Credits Gain Bipartisan Support Amid Budget Debate

As Congress debates budget bills proposing deep cuts in federal spending, Biden-era tax credits for clean energy have gained crucial support among some Republican lawmakers and voters.

Four Republican senators wrote to their party's leadership April 9 to "caution against the full-scale repeal" of tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that support investments in renewable energy installations, battery manufacturing, energy efficiency improvements and the production of alternative fuels.

The senators—Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Curtis of Utah...