Pennsylvania has received over $1.08 billion in clean energy investments made possible by the Biden-Harris administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. Most of that money is helping rural communities.
While the national media tries to make fracking and natural gas drilling as wedge issues in Pennsylvania in the upcoming election, rural Pennsylvania is going through a different energy boom at the moment.
Thanks to the Biden-Harris administration, Pennsylvania is benefiting from the Inflation Reduction Act with over $1.08 billion in investments for clean energy projects and creating thousands of union-paying jobs in the process.
“Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote on landmark legislation that has been a game-changer for Pennsylvania’s clean energy sector, creating thousands of good-paying jobs and helping families save on energy costs,” Kelley Hardon, who works for Climate Power’s Pennsylvania State Desk, said in a statement.
“The clean energy plan is giving Pennsylvanians cleaner, cheaper energy choices, while Trump’s project 2025 agenda would gut these investments, send thousands of Pennsylvania jobs overseas, and increase costs for the middle class.”
Climate Power, a communications organization focusing on climate change politics, issued a report highlighting 10 Pennsylvania projects that would be at risk under a Trump administration.
Donald Trump has promised to repeal clean energy investments made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, and has repeatedly campaigned on spreading disinformation about wind and solar energy.
An overwhelming majority of clean energy projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act can be found in South Central Pennsylvania. Some of these projects include solar and hydroelectric projects in the area.
For instance, Swift Energy in Clearfield County received $90 million in federal funding to build a solar array on top of an abandoned mine site, generating power for more than 70,000 homes.
Fulton and Franklin counties are home to the state’s largest solar project built on more than 1,700 acres of farmland and it is powering the University of Pennsylvania and their hospital network in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The project is expecting to generate more than $17 million in tax revenue for the two counties.
Pennsylvanians overwhelmingly support increasing clean energy production across the state. This includes 84% of Independents and 59% of Republicans, according to a recent poll conducted by Global Strategy Group.
