Treasury Department, IRS Release Final Guidance on Technology-Neutral Tax Credits

January 7, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final guidance today on the technology-neutral tax credits, the Clean Electricity Production Credit (Section 45Y) and the Clean Electricity Investment Credit (Section 48E). Following is a statement from Ray Long, President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), on the final rules:

“ACORE applauds the Treasury Department and the IRS for releasing a final rule that modernizes the federal tax code. At long last, we have a well-designed, technology-neutral, level playing field for energy tax policy that will lead to significant economic growth, job creation, and lower costs for American consumers.

“The technology-neutral tax credit simplifies the tax code and is expected to cut the average annual electric bill by $29-74 per household in the next six years and $42-95 by 2035. This amounts to tens of billions of dollars in electricity cost savings for U.S. families. Research also shows how technology-neutral tax credits will spur an additional $336 billion in investment, 237 gigawatts of clean energy deployment, and a net gain of 97,000 jobs over the next 15 years in comparison to a scenario where these tax credits are not present.

“This is truly a game-changing policy, and we’re looking forward to the affordable, reliable, clean electricity that it will help enable.”

About ACORE:
For over 20 years, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) has been the nation’s leading voice on the issues most essential to clean energy expansion. ACORE unites finance, policy, and technology to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy. For more information, please visit www.acore.org.

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Dylan Helms
Manager, Communications
communications@acore.org

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Renewable Energy

Preferences for Musical Genre and Political Demographics

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5 hours ago

August 17, 2026

Alice Rush

The following is simply raw speculation on my part. I’ll be interested in your comments.

There are musical styles that align themselves with left- and right-wing politics, though none of these, with the possible exception of one, has 100% of its audience–more on this below.

Here are a few musical genre, where they seem to be pro- or anti-Trump. and why:

Classical. Largely but not exclusively anti-Trump. Classical appeals to the mind and the emotions that surround the perception of beauty. There are exceptions, in that there are plenty of billionaires and weirdo intellectuals, e.g., the “objectivists” of Ayn Rand fame many of whom adore classical music.

Country. Pro-Trump. Most of it appeals to people whose most nuanced thinking is getting drunk and laid. Preferably at the same time.

HipHop: Pro-Trump. The opposite of classical, this is music that appeals to the genitalia as opposed to the mind.

Rock. Mixed bag. Heavy metal probably favors Trump; prog-rock fans of bands like Yes and Pink Floyd have too much going on in their minds and hearts to be Trump supporters.

Folk: Mostly anti-Trump. Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan fans aren’t big fans of stupidity and fascism. I’m sure there are exceptions.

Reggae: Distinctly anti-Trump. Black folks’ songs of love, peace, weed, and escape from enslavement aren’t going to resonate with the hate of the White supremacists.

The Grateful Dead. I’ll leave you with this. If you can find me a single Dead Head Trumper, I’ll be astounded. Now, I know that essentially no one sits on the fence about the Dead, but there is essentially zero intersection of Dead Heads and those who favor war, corruption, hate, greed, and ignorance.

Preferences for Musical Genre and Political Demographics

Renewable Energy

Did God Assign Your Gender?

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2 days ago

August 15, 2026

Alice Rush

Religious statements fly in the teeth of science, but even the most ardent believers in God are going to have trouble with the meme here.

The reason men have nipples is that their gender isn’t assigned until about six weeks after conception, when chromosomes trigger hormonal changes that differentiate male and female anatomy.

Did God Assign Your Gender?

Renewable Energy

Are Americans Fed Up with Trumpism?

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4 days ago

August 13, 2026

Alice Rush

It’s possible that Americans are so angry that the Trump administration has ruined their country and its democracy that paid advertising for Republican candidates is having no effect on them.