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Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · 7d

I'll buy you a beer in Jane's honor in CA this month. What a freakin legendary scientist and woman!

Repealing Federal Tailpipe Emissions Standards Would Raise Household Costs, Harm Public Health, And Damage The Economy • Energy Innovation

Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · 7d

The U.S. EPA is proposing to repeal GHG tailpipe emission standards, which would would (over 25 yrs):
🫰 Force U.S. households to pay $310B more
📉 Cut the GDP by $710 billion
👷‍♀️ Cut an average of 110,000 jobs/year
🏥 Cause 17,000 pollution-related premature deaths
energyinnovation.org/report/repea...

If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) eliminates its tailpipe emissions rules as part of repealing the Endangerment Finding, it would cause massive sticker shock-- Americans would be forced to pay $310 billion more, largely due to higher gasoline prices.

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Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · 7d

Nooooooooo....😭

Congress Repealed Federal Clean Energy Incentives! How to Act Before It’s Too Late • Energy Innovation

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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · Jul 30

David Ferris at @eenews.bsky.social covered our 6-month update on US clean energy manufacturing investments since Trump took office.

Key points: A lot is slowing down, but not everything, and disadvantaged communities are getting hit hardest. #energysky

www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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Adam Winer @adamwiner.bsky.social · Jul 29

Yeah, the rollbacks are bad – as Harry & @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social explain – but they also ID opportunities for industry growth, and share where they're optimistic about the road ahead.

🎙️ Thank you @sarahbaldwin.bsky.social @energyinnovation.org for having @advancedenergyunited.org on the show!

Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jul 29

Electrify This! podcast is live today! I speak with Harry Godfrey and @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social of @advancedenergyunited.org about the impacts of Congress' HR1 and what people and states can do to benefit from time-limited incentives before they're gone! energyinnovation.org/podcast/cong...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed a number of federal clean energy incentives. Here's how Americans can take advantage of them before they're gone.

Congress Repealed Federal Clean Energy Incentives! How to Act Before It’s Too Late • Energy Innovation

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Adam Winer @adamwiner.bsky.social · Jul 29

"Here’s my note of optimism: building electrification and transportation electrification offer *so* much potential. These are new tools in the Swiss army knife that we are pushing electric utilities to build to manage the grid." - @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social. 🔌💡

energyinnovation.org/podcast/cong...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed a number of federal clean energy incentives. Here's how Americans can take advantage of them before they're gone.

Congress Repealed Federal Clean Energy Incentives! How to Act Before It’s Too Late • Energy Innovation

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Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jul 29

Electrify This! podcast is live today! I speak with Harry Godfrey and @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social of @advancedenergyunited.org about the impacts of Congress' HR1 and what people and states can do to benefit from time-limited incentives before they're gone! energyinnovation.org/podcast/cong...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed a number of federal clean energy incentives. Here's how Americans can take advantage of them before they're gone.

With EV tax credit gone, now’s the time to buy an electric car

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Energy Innovation @energyinnovation.org · Jul 23

🔌💡 New episode of the Electrify This! #Podcast.

Next week, host @sarabaldwin.bsky.social is joined by Advanced Energy United's Harry Godfrey and sarahsteinberg.bsky.social for a post-One Big Beautiful Bill debrief.

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Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jul 10

Now that the mega bill is law (GROAN), now is THE time to lease or buy a new or used EV and install charging infrastructure (before tax credits expire)! Alison Takemura w/ @canarymedia.com covers the incentives, tools for drivers, why EVs make great cars to drive! www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Trump’s megabill ends the consumer tax credits for EVs in September. But until then, shoppers can still use them to lock in lower prices — and great lease…

www.canarymedia.com

The Most Perverse Part of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

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Brendan Pierpont @brendan.bsky.social · Jul 3

If you thought electricity prices were already rising quickly, congress just decided to throw fuel on the fire. #energysky www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Republican megabill could be setting America up for the worst energy-affordability crisis since the 1970s.

www.theatlantic.com

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Energy Innovation @energyinnovation.org · Jun 26

🔌 💡 The newest episode of the Electrify This! #Podcast is out! @sarabaldwin.bsky.social and Mary Nichols discuss the recent federal actions could significantly slow the growth of EVs in the U.S., hurting both the economy and #environment.
🔊 energyinnovation.org/podcast/the-...
#greensky #energysky

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Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 25

👊 And, a HUGE THANK YOU to the team and co-authors of the report @jeffrissman.bsky.social, @sonalideshpande.bsky.social, Nik Sawe, and @michelle-solomon.bsky.social! As well as our peer reviewers, our amazing communications team, and Mina Lee for graphics!

Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 25

💅 But, don't just take my word for it...check out our report at energyinnovation.org/report/overc... to learn more.

Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚧 The primary barriers to industrial electrification today are the economics, grid readiness, and technological maturity. Enacting a suite of policies can help overcome these barriers and reduce industrial emissions. We need policy leadership to tackle the industrial sector's emissions problem.

Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 25

Not only can electric technologies (like arc furnaces, heat pumps, electric boilers, and many more), power industrial processes while cutting pollutant emissions, they also create benefits for industrial firms and society.

Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 25

⚡ Industrial electrification refers to swapping fossil fuels for electricity (using carbon-free resources), using electric technologies (electric resistance, induction, heat pumps, and even lasers and electron beams) capable of delivering heat at all temperature ranges demanded by industry.

Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 25

👷‍♀️ The industrial sector makes the products and materials we rely on every day. Industrial processes are responsible for 84% of industrial non-feedstock fossil fuel use globally, and industry is the largest energy consumer and emitter of planet-heating emissions (and other pollutants).

Industry Energy Demand And Costs Keep Growing. Clean Energy Can Help

Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our team at @energyinnovation.org released a report last week, Overcoming All Barriers to Industrial Electrification, which I highlight in my latest @forbes.com article. Plus a quick 🧵!

www.forbes.com/sites/energy...

Industry is the largest energy consumer in the world, but many companies are embracing electric technologies to create truly cleaner products.

www.forbes.com

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Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 25

I had the honor to speak with the legendary Mary Nichols on my latest podcast, Electrify This!, discussing the implications of federal actions and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on the U.S. EV market. Tune in tomorrow 6/26 wherever you get your podcasts!

Energy Innovation @energyinnovation.org · Jun 24

🔌 💡 This week on the Electrify This! #Podcast, our @sarabaldwin.bsky.social hosts Mary Nichols to discuss how the "One Big Beautiful Bill" and other federal repeals will crash America's #EV market.
#greensky #energysky

Guest opinion: Pragmatism needed in US Senate to protect Utah’s energy future

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Energy Innovation @energyinnovation.org · Jun 23

🔌💡 Federal policies have attracted more than $13 billion in total announced #cleanenergy and #transportation investments across 74 new projects in #Utah since 2022.

@sarabaldwin.bsky.social discusses the future of Utah's energy 👉 www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion...

When my ancestors settled in what is now Beaver County 170 years ago, they carved out a living with few economic options beyond lumber, mining or hard labor. They had even fewer choices for energy — t...

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Opinion: Energy tax credits will help Utah compete

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Tom Moyer @tommoyerut.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Deseret News Editorial Board agreeing with Senator Curtis that keeping the tax credits is good for Utah’s energy production.

Geothermal production is important to the state and our nation's future.

www.deseret.com

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Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org · Jun 11

NEW DFP Insight: As Congressional Republicans weigh eliminating funding for the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, a majority of voters (61%) believe that the DOE should continue providing government-backed loans to invest in new clean energy technologies.

Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: A Majority of Voters Want the Department of Energy to Provide Government-Backed Loans for New Clean Energy Technologies.
Description: [see crosstabs for full question wording]
Response Options:
A) The Department of Energy should provide government-backed loans to invest in new clean energy technologies
B) Don't know
C) The Department of Energy should not provide government-backed loans to invest in new clean energy technologies
All likely voters — 61% chose A, 9% chose B, 29% chose C
Democrat — 79% chose A, 9% chose B, 12% chose C
Independent / Third party — 61% chose A, 10% chose B, 29% chose C
Republican — 43% chose A, 10% chose B, 47% chose C

May 22–24, 2025 survey of 1,171 U.S. likely voters.

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Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 11

🥜In a nutshell...One Big Beautiful Bill Act is ONE BIG BAD BILL for American households, workers, the economy, and climate. Full analysis is available here, along with State impact sheets. energyinnovation.org/report/one-b...

Assessing Impacts Of "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" On U.S. Energy Costs, Jobs, Health, Emissions • Energy Innovation

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act would cut GDP $1.1 trillion, add $170 billion to household energy bills, and cut hundreds of thousands of jobs.

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Sara Baldwin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · Jun 11

🐌And, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will dramatically slow deployment of new electricity generation at a time of rapidly growing demand--to the tune of 120 GW by 2030 and 330 GW by 2035.