Co-Founder CleanCapital, Iraq Veteran, and former White House Federal Chief Sustainability Officer - Plus a huge Buffalo Bills fan!
Buffalo, NY
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Jon Powers retweeted
Why the f**k would your closing message be: I know you’re hurting, but these companies are killing it! @jonstewart
Jon Powers retweeted
"Battery fires are like shark attacks: frightening events that loom cinematically large in the American psyche and almost never actually happen."
SEIA data shows that even as batter deployment has surged, fire risk has fall dramatically.
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I recently joined the @TEDCountdown Stage to share my TED Talk on How fossil fuel companies keep your energy costs high! Watch to learn how we are in active combat to build the future we want. Choose to Take Action!
ted.com/talks/jon_powers_how… via @TEDTalks
Jon Powers retweeted
In the last five years, Texas' solar generation has grown 421% and its battery storage capacity is has grown 2,500%
That's saved Texans $3.55 BILLION on electricity bills this summer.
Read more: seia.org/research-resources/…
Even in the headwinds of the Trump Administration the demand for clean energy is booming! Its because it is secure and reliable...and it is also the fastest, cheapest, cleanest way to bring new power to the grid when we need it!
With more American-made energy storage, the United States' energy future is becoming more reliable and secure 👇
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Our CleanCapital team is heading out to RE+ in Vegas. Come meet us! Please reach out - cleancapital.com/re-plus-202…
Jon Powers retweeted
American clean energy is united.
Permitting reform is essential to unleashing the affordable, abundant, clean power our communities need⚡
Scoop: Clean energy trades @CEBAPower, @ACORE, @AdvEnergyUnited, @USCleanPower, & @SEIA are formally endorsing the Senate's bipartisan permitting reform bill in a joint letter to congressional leaders punchbowl.news/baaja-joint-t…
Jon Powers retweeted
The Senate: We need to get rid of all these clean energy subsidies and let the free market do it's thing.
Also the Senate: We should give coal companies hundreds of millions of dollars to subsidize steel production in China.
Jon Powers retweeted
The House is about to vote on a bill that could lead to hundreds of billions in lost energy infrastructure investments.
Here are some of the Republican-led House districts with the most to lose.
1. Rep. Kiggans (VA-02): $12 billion at risk.
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Jon Powers retweeted
If the House passes their big bill, they would be voting to cancel thousands of energy projects over the next decade.
There's a reason that trade unions are calling this "the biggest job-killing bill in history."
Jon Powers retweeted
Keep in mind: to get an energy project to the point where you've actually commenced construction, you have to invest significant capital in planning, site acquisition/leasing, engineering, grid interconnection studies, permitting, contracting long lead items etc. Even exempting projects that have commenced construction now, the GOP Budget Bill pending in the Senate today would raise taxes on hundreds of projects in development across the country. Amending the bill to permit projects commencing construction within 12 months of passage (and remove arbitrary placed in service deadlines) would be much fairer treatment of at-risk, pending investments.
The problem isn’t “ending subsidies.” It’s:
1) Abrupt termination after major capex is already sunk
2) Cutting eligibility at an arbitrary in-service cliff, blowing up project pipelines
3) Imposing extreme, unworkable FEOC rules that ignore supply chain realities
4) Slapping an excise tax on our fastest-to-deploy resources
5) Doing all this amid spiking demand, tariffs, rising grid upgrade costs, & permitting bottlenecks
Jon Powers retweeted
Now we look to the House for the future of American energy. Stay active, stay engaged!
“Despite limited improvements, this legislation undermines the very foundation of America’s manufacturing comeback and global energy leadership."
@SEIA's statement: bit.ly/4eOzbdn
Jon Powers retweeted
Many people in the energy sector told me that Chris Wright was reasonable and pragmatic.
Turns out he’s ignorant and dogmatic.
The more we load our grid with intermittent generation, the worse the grid performs during times of maximum demand.
Subsidies are meant to drive prices down and boost supply. But subsidizing wind and solar has done exactly the opposite.
The One Big Beautiful Bill will help end wasteful subsidies and deliver more reliable energy for the American people!
Jon Powers retweeted
The Ernst, Grassley, & Murkowski Amendment corrects several of the clean energy provisions that are most damaging to American workers, American businesses, and American energy leadership.
SEIA encourages all Senators to support this amendment and thanks @SenJoniErnst, @lisamurkowski, and @ChuckGrassley for their responsible leadership.
ACTION NEEDED: Overall, the #BigBeautifulBill is terrible for the #Solar industry but we have a window of time to try to make some improvements. There are a few Amendment’s moving through the Senate.
NOW is the time to call your Senators (seia.quorum.us/campaign/1322…), information is below:
Amendment 2704, Sponsored by Sen. Ernst (R-IA), Sen. Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Murkowski (R-AK):
1. Reverts to the Senate Finance Committee language on commence construction and phase downs for solar and wind projects (i.e., for years in which construction begins: 2025, 100% of credit value is available; 2026, 60% of credit value is available; 2027, 20% of credit value is available; and 2028 and beyond, no credits are available);
2. Codifies current safe harbor rules for projects that have commenced construction;
3. Strikes the new excise tax;
4. Eliminates the integrated component restrictions on 45X;
5. Delays implementation of FEOC material assistance until 2026. This would allow projects time to adapt. The current Senate mark required compliance for solar projects retroactive to June 17, 2025; and
6. Extends customs user fees through 2035 to fully offset any revenue impact on HR 1.
Amendment 2719, Sponsored by Sen. Hickenlooper (D-CO):
1.Delays the phasedown of the residential solar tax credit to the end of 2026.
Now that we have secured these amendments, it’s time to call your Senators and tell them to support these amendments (seia.quorum.us/campaign/1322…) .
The vote-a-rama will continue into the afternoon with a final vote likely in the early evening.
Keep the messaging SIMPLE! “Vote FOR Amendments 2704 and 2719.”
This is a CRITICAL moment in the fight, so get on the phone!
Jon Powers retweeted
The energy industry has played a significant role in strengthening Kansas’ economy and workforce. Several CEBN members based in the state shared with the Kansas Reflector the positive impact the tax credits have had on their business and the importance of its protection.
Can we all agree that this is a STUPID way to pass major policy legislation that will affect so many Americans? This is a continuation of the "flood the zone strategy" and it will kill jobs, raise energy prices & shut down rural hospitals. At least let's debate it.
Jon Powers retweeted
Here's what batteries were doing on the Texas grid yesterday. It's happening y'all! We're so close to having higher reliability AND massive room for growth for AI data centers, robotics, manufacturing, etc. But the President & Congress want to derail it. So short-sighted.
