• A cheat sheet to clean-energy tax credit changes under Trump’s new law
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A cheat sheet to clean-energy tax credit changes under Trump’s new law

A whole bunch of incentives will be gone much sooner than expected. Here’s what you need to know.
By Ysabelle Kempe

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President Donald Trump at the White House on July 8, 2025, days after signing his "big, beautiful" bill into law (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Well, it happened: President Donald Trump signed his big, beautiful” bill earlier this month, sounding an early death knell for many of the incentives that helped Americans clean up the power grid, cut their home energy bills, and buy cars that pollute less and are typically cheaper to run.

It’s the culmination of months of heated back-and-forths in Congress, and we wouldn’t blame you for losing track of the eventual fate of the many clean-energy tax credits created and expanded by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

Here’s a cheat sheet to catch you up, whether you’re a clean-energy professional, a policy wonk, or just wondering when to spring for that new heat pump or electric vehicle:

Looking for more info? Check out Canary Media’s other coverage of the new law, including deep dives on anti-China foreign entity” rules, the outlook for geothermal, and the hard decisions now facing wind and solar developers.

Ysabelle Kempe is associate editor at Canary Media.