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The United States Passed Transformational Clean Energy Legislation. Let's Share the Good News.

Last updated on August 16 , 2022

President Biden has signed into law the most significant legislation on climate and clean energy in the United States' history. The resources in this toolkit thank lawmakers for their dedication in seeing the Inflation Reduction Act across the finish line and highlight the benefits of its clean energy provisions. Please use these talking points and sample social media posts in your organization's outreach efforts.

Talking Points

  • The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) contains the most transformative climate and clean energy policies the United States has ever enacted. This is once-in-a-generation legislation that will help tackle inflation and jumpstart America’s clean energy future.
  • This new law couldn’t come at a better time. American families are enduring record inflation and the worsening effects of climate change, both of which disproportionately affect America’s most vulnerable communities.
  • The IRA will stabilize energy costs and lower electricity bills for American families and businesses, bringing much needed relief as prices continue to increase.
  • These investments will create hundreds of thousands of quality jobs and new business opportunities, with provisions to help ensure equitable growth in every zip code across the country.
  • Climate change is an existential threat to our world, and the IRA is the largest investment in U.S. history to tackle this challenge. It sends a signal that America is ready to lead this global fight by uplifting people and businesses as we lower emissions.
  • The solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) is the most effective policy for deploying the clean energy we need to tackle climate change, and the IRA provides a long runway of certainty for companies to invest in historic levels of deployment.
  • Companies will now be able to increase the value of the tax credits if they meet additional labor provisions, domestic content requirements, or invest in underserved areas. This structure incentivizes equitable deployment of clean energy that will help uplift every community.
  • In addition to the long-term ITC extension, it creates new credits for standalone energy storage and domestic manufacturing, which are both critical to boosting U.S. energy security.
  • Growing America’s clean energy manufacturing capacity will reduce shipping and import costs, while insulating the industry from global supply disruption, and helping secure the safety and reliability of the electric grid.
  • Estimates show that the domestic production incentives will create 40,000 direct solar manufacturing jobs by the end of the decade, more than doubling today’s workforce.
  • Thanks to the work from thousands of advocates and champions in Congress, this law meets the urgency of the climate moment by taking bold action that puts workers and communities first.
  • The solar industry set a goal to account for 30% of all U.S. electricity generation by 2030, and the historic IRA will be a leading reason that we reach this target.
  • The solar and storage industry is ready to get to work building out a new era of American energy leadership.

Social Media Toolkit

President Biden has officially signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. With long-term solar and storage tax incentives, investments in domestic solar manufacturing and other critical provisions that will help decarbonize the electric grid, this is a historic victory for the clean energy economy.

Please use the below social media toolkit to thank clean energy champions in Congress and sound off about how impactful this legislation is for America’s climate and economy. The official hashtag for this campaign is #AmericanEnergyDeal.

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Thank You Lawmakers

  • Click to Tweet: President Biden just made history 👏🌎 Thank you @POTUS for signing the Inflation Reduction Act, ensuring a future of lower energy costs, reduced pollution, and #cleanenergy job growth for all. #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: Thank you President Biden for your leadership in acting on #climate by championing the Inflation Reduction Act. With @POTUS’ signature today, the U.S. is entering a new era of #cleanenergy growth. #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: For years, millions of Americans have demanded our leaders act on #climate change. This week, the U.S. took a critical step to meet this challenge. Thank you @POTUS and Congress for seeing the Inflation Reduction Act into law. #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 can be our #climate turning point 🌎 Thank you lawmakers for rising to meet this moment. #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: Thank you to Congress for seeing the Inflation Reduction Act across the finish line. This monumental legislation will accelerate #cleanenergy growth in every state in the country. #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: Click to Tweet: Thanks to hard work from thousands of advocates and champions in Congress, the Inflation Reduction Act is the most substantial step ever taken in the fight against #climate change. #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: Thank you to our clean energy champions in Congress for delivering this massive victory for the #climate, workers and the economy. Let’s get to work! #AmericanEnergyDeal

Inflation Reduction Act Impacts

  • Click to Tweet: The Inflation Reduction Act sets the stage for #solar and #storage businesses to hire hundreds of thousands of new workers and deploy historic levels of clean, affordable and reliable electricity. That’s what we call an #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: In the midst of inflation and a global energy crisis, Congress has delivered an #AmericanEnergyDeal that will lower costs for families and strengthen U.S. energy security. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3QXC5PR
  • Click to Tweet: Bold clean energy legislation is critical to lowering costs for consumers, and @POTUS and Congress delivered by passing the historic Inflation Reduction Act. Learn more about the impact of this legislation: https://bit.ly/3QXC5PR | #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: The Inflation Reduction Act will dramatically scale #solar + #storage deployment and manufacturing, and includes important environmental justice provisions to ensure an equitable transition to a clean energy economy. #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: To meet our #climate goals on time, solar should account for 30% of U.S. electricity generation by 2030. The Inflation Reduction Act’s long-term certainty just put that goal within reach. #TheSolarDecade #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: It’s past time to make more #solar in America. With the Inflation Reduction Act, domestic manufacturing of #solar products can rapidly increase in the next decade, helping us reach our climate and economic goals. #AmericanEnergyDeal
  • Click to Tweet: Powered by #cleanenergy, the United States now has the tools to reduce emissions 40% by 2030 with the Inflation Reduction Act. This is historic #climate action. #AmericanEnergyDeal #TheSolarDecade
  • Click to Tweet: Our #cleanenergy economy must uplift everyone. With the #environmentaljustice policies in the Inflation Reduction Act, we’re one step closer to #SolarForAll and equitable opportunities in the #solar and storage industries. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3QXC5PR #AmericanEnergyDeal

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Thank You Lawmakers

  • President Biden just made history by signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law! Thank you Mr. President for your leadership on this bold action to tackle climate change. With transformative investments in clean energy deployment, solar manufacturing, and environmental justice, this legislation can drive forward a new era of growth for the clean energy economy. We finally sealed an #AmericanEnergyDeal. #CleanEnergy #renewables #solar #solarjobs #greenjobs #TheSolarDecade #AmericanJobs #manufacturing #climate #taxpolicy
  • For years, millions of Americans have demanded our leaders act on climate change. With President Biden’s signature on the Inflation Reduction Act, our country took a critical step to meet this challenge. Thank you to President Biden and Congress for your dedication in seeing this legislation into law, marking the most significant climate and clean energy policy in U.S. history. #AmericanEnergyDeal #CleanEnergy #renewables #solar #solarjobs #greenjobs #TheSolarDecade #AmericanJobs #manufacturing #climate #taxpolicy
  • Thank you to Congress for seeing the Inflation Reduction Act across the finish line. This monumental legislation will accelerate clean energy growth across the country — helping to lower electricity bills for families, create well-paying jobs, and combat climate change. This can be the turning point for our clean energy economy. #AmericanEnergyDeal #CleanEnergy #renewables #solar #solarjobs #greenjobs #TheSolarDecade #AmericanJobs #manufacturing #climate #taxpolicy

Inflation Reduction Act Impacts

  • The Inflation Reduction Act has officially been signed into law as the most significant investment America has ever made in its climate and energy future. This legislation sets the stage for businesses to hire hundreds of thousands of new workers in every community to manufacture and deploy historic levels of clean, low-cost electricity. SEIA outlines the impact of the IRA: https://bit.ly/3QXC5PR #AmericanEnergyDeal #AmericanJobs #manufacturing #energysecurity #inflation #cleanenergy #cleanenergyjobs #congress #cleanenergy #reconciliation #economy #policy #energy
  • The solar industry set a goal to account for 30% of all U.S. electricity generation by 2030, and the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act sets us on a path to reach that target. The policy certainty provided by the IRA will allow companies to build out America’s clean energy economy with historic deployment, domestic manufacturing, investments in low-income communities, energy storage, smoother interconnection, and so much more. This is just the beginning. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3QXC5PR #AmericanEnergyDeal #AmericanJobs #manufacturing #energysecurity #inflation #cleanenergy #cleanenergyjobs #congress #cleanenergy #reconciliation #economy #policy #energy
  • America can’t miss out on the opportunity of domestic solar manufacturing. Our climate, economic, and national security goals depend on it. With the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, companies have the policy certainty they need to build a robust U.S. solar supply chain, providing more American-made products to customers and doubling the amount of solar manufacturing jobs across the country. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3QXC5PR #Manufacturing #solar #InflationReductionAct #AmericanEnergyDeal #energysecurity #solarjobs #greenjobs #AmericanJobs #reconciliation #policy #energy #climate
  • Powered by clean energy, the United States now has the tools to reduce emissions 40% by 2030 with the Inflation Reduction Act. There is still work to do, but by investing in technologies like solar and storage, we can lead the world on climate action while creating hundreds of thousands of American jobs and lowering energy costs for families. This is a historic moment. #ActonClimate #climate #Manufacturing #solar #InflationReductionAct #AmericanEnergyDeal #solarjobs #AmericanJobs #reconciliation #policy #energy

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