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Republicans Shouldn’t Repeal the Tech Neutral Tax Credits They’re Winning With

Starting this year, two new tech neutral tax credits, sections 48E and 45Y, will go into effect as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). There’s one surprising fact about clean energy and climate policy- many changes create significantly positive impacts in red states. Places such as Texas, North Dakota, and Wyoming are benefiting from the clean energy boom through a set of tax credits that reward innovation.

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New Rainey Center Survey Reveals Strong Public Support for Domestic Energy and Targeted Tax Incentives

As Congress pushes forward on the 2025 Budget Resolution, now in the Senate, a new nationwide survey from the Rainey Center offers key insights into voter preferences on energy development, tax credits, and fiscal tradeoffs. The findings reveal strong bipartisan support for expanding domestic energy production, a preference for targeted tax domestic incentives over broad electric vehicle subsidies, and a nuanced approach to clean energy investments.

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Rainey Center Urges Congress to Modernize FEMA for Greater Efficiency and Disaster Response

The Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy released a memo today outlining urgent reforms needed at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to improve disaster response, reduce bureaucracy, and save taxpayers billions of dollars.

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How Technology-Neutral Tax Credits Unleash American Energy Dominance

Beginning in 2025, the United States is introducing new technology-neutral tax credits aimed at promoting sustainable electricity generation. The two proposed credits replace the previous technology-specific Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and Clean Electricity Production Tax Credit (PTC), which were available for projects starting construction prior to December 31st, 2024. Congress has already approved these tax credits through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The new policy, however, is created to be adaptable, allowing new zero-emission technologies to qualify without them being directly mentioned in the language. The proposal seeks to implement both the ITC and PTC while giving businesses more flexibility in their tax credit plan as well as the technology they choose to use.

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Optimizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency

As stated in Executive Order (E.O.) 14180, published January 24, 2025, establishing a council to assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), there is an urgent need to drastically improve the agency’s ability to assist states with responding to and recovering from natural disasters. This memo outlines five obvious and common sense ways the U.S. Congress and DOGE can optimize FEMA, ensure better customer service for Americans, all while saving American taxpayers billions a year.

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