When Congress passed President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” proponents of green energy raised concerns about tax advantages for wind and solar energy being rolled back.
West Virginia has spent the last several years trying to kick start a variety of clean energy projects, so we asked Senator Shelley Moore Capito where those stand now.
Capito says wind and solar projects now make economic sense for investors, even without the former tax credits, and those projects can still move forward.
There was concern about strict timelines on projects involving energy storage in the House version of the bill, which is what Weirton’s FORM Energy is involved in. She says her efforts were able to amend those guidelines in the bill’s final version.
“And so we were able to extend that tax credit to include storage, and that covered FORM. And for me, by my efforts, specifically for that project and others that we see developing, so that we are still the green energy economy that’s begun to develop that West Virginia has really taken advantage of.”
SEN. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO (R-WV)
Capito says the bill’s tax credits and extended timelines also cover nuclear and hydrogen projects, which are enormously expensive and take years to complete.
This allows the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub project to move forward.