H.R. 2838 (119th)Bill Overview

Ending Intermittent Energy Subsidies Act of 2025

Taxation|Taxation
Cosponsors
Support
Republican
Introduced
Apr 10, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Introduced
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Floor
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Congressional Activities
01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

This bill phases out federal tax credits for electricity production and investment specifically attributable to wind and solar energy. It removes transferability of the portion of clean electricity credits attributable to wind and solar.

Why people may split

Left emphasizes climate and jobs harms; right emphasizes subsidy rollback.

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a straightforward substantive amendment to the Internal Revenue Code that specifies a multi-year percentage phase-down and removes transferability for credits tied to wind and solar.

This bill phases out federal tax credits for electricity production and investment specifically attributable to wind and solar energy.

It removes transferability of the portion of clean electricity credits attributable to wind and solar.

The production and investment credits for wind and solar are reduced to 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% in years one through four after enactment, and eliminated thereafter.

Passage20/100

A narrowly targeted rollback of popular renewable tax incentives is politically contentious, lacks broad bipartisan accommodation, and faces high Senate hurdles.

CredibilityPartially aligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a straightforward substantive amendment to the Internal Revenue Code that specifies a multi-year percentage phase-down and removes transferability for credits tied to wind and solar. It precisely identifies statutory targets and effective dates but omits several common supporting elements.

Contention75/100

Left emphasizes climate and jobs harms; right emphasizes subsidy rollback.

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Federal agenciesCities

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Federal agenciesReduces federal subsidy outlays for wind and solar, potentially lowering budgetary costs.
  • Potential benefitMay redirect investment toward dispatchable or other clean technologies like storage and nuclear.
  • Potential benefitRemoves transferability complexity for wind and solar credits, potentially simplifying tax administration.
Likely burdened
  • Potential burdenLikely reduces investment in new wind and solar projects, slowing deployment relative to current policy.
  • Potential burdenCould cause job losses in solar and wind manufacturing, construction, and operations sectors.
  • CitiesMay increase electricity prices in areas that relied on renewables to lower marginal generation costs.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Left emphasizes climate and jobs harms; right emphasizes subsidy rollback.
Progressive5%

Likely strongly opposed.

The bill eliminates key federal subsidies that supported rapid deployment of wind and solar under recent law.

Opponents would view this as a rollback of climate and clean-energy policy that could slow emissions reductions and renewable jobs growth.

Likely resistant
Centrist45%

Mixed to somewhat opposed.

The centrist will weigh fiscal restraint and grid reliability claims against potential economic and climate costs.

They will look for analytical evidence showing benefits and transitional measures for workforce and grid reliability.

Split reaction
Conservative85%

Likely supportive.

Conservatives favor reducing targeted federal incentives for technologies characterized as intermittent.

The bill aligns with preferences for limiting government subsidies and prioritizing dispatchable or market-based solutions.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

Still ahead

President

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Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood20/100

A narrowly targeted rollback of popular renewable tax incentives is politically contentious, lacks broad bipartisan accommodation, and faces high Senate hurdles.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • No official CBO score or revenue estimate included
  • Degree of congressional co‑sponsorship and party alignment unknown
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

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06 · Go deeper

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Left emphasizes climate and jobs harms; right emphasizes subsidy rollback.

A narrowly targeted rollback of popular renewable tax incentives is politically contentious, lacks broad bipartisan accommodation, and face…

Unlocked analysis

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a straightforward substantive amendment to the Internal Revenue Code that specifies a multi-year percentage phase-down and removes transferability for credits tied…

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