The Senate budget bill would essentially kill wind and solar development

By eliminating credits and adding fees for projects that use components from China, the current bill could have drastic consequences for the U.S.’s clean energy transition—and even the existing grid.

From the outset, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act was always going to be bad for renewables (and U.S. energy consumers), because it rolled back clean energy tax credits that have spurred billions of dollars of investments into technology like wind, solar, batteries, and electric vehicles.