Georgia’s U.S. senators say they are are outraged at the prospect of large job losses for clean energy workers if the Republican Congress implements its proposed cuts to the Inflation Reduction Act.
Georgia Democratic U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are opposing Republican members of Congress backing the Trump administration’s budget spending plans that could lead to the repeal of federal manufacturing incentives fueling Georgia’s clean energy projects, including solar energy projects and the state’s growing battery storage and electrified vehicle industries.
Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has championed the state’s emergence as a leader in electric vehicle production, vowing to make the state the country’s EV capital.
Ossoff and Warnock are joined by a number of clean energy groups that claim Congressional cuts to the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act could result in the loss of 42,000 jobs in Georgia. Investing in more than 50 clean energy projects worth more than $28 billion has made the state a national leader in clean energy.