The record · Topic 11 of 15

Tax credits for energy that doesn't put carbon in the air

How much do people want it

77% Republicans 71% · Democrats 86% Ranks 11th of 15 — the higher the rank, the more Americans agree Polling by the Program for Public Consultation, February 2026 — confirmed by a second survey, March 2025

What got approved

The opposite of what people asked for. A law removed most of these credits.

4 July 2025

1. Most of the credits were cut or ended

The credits people could claim themselves — for solar panels, heat pumps, home efficiency work and electric cars — were repealed. The two biggest credits for building new wind and solar projects were cut back sharply, and will no longer cover new wind or solar after 2027. The credit for making wind equipment in the United States ends entirely after 31 December 2027.

Not everything went. Credits for geothermal, nuclear, batteries and carbon capture were kept, with later end dates. So this is not a clean sweep, and anyone who tells you the credits were all abolished is wrong.

This was bundled with hundreds of other subjects, most of which have never been polled. So we can't say whether Americans wanted the rest of it, and we won't say how any one member voted on this — their single vote covered everything in the package, not this. See polling qualifications.

What could have been

These credits already existed. They were the thing people wanted, and they were taken away.

While this ranks 11th of 15 for agreement, this is one of only two topics on the list where the thing people asked for was already in place and a law removed it. The other is food assistance, and it was the same law on the same day.

A year before the repeal, people were asked about these credits one by one — whether each should be kept, increased, or repealed. On every single one, more than eight in ten wanted it kept or increased, and so did more than eight in ten Republicans. The credit for equipment that produces clean energy: 84% keep or increase, 81% of Republicans. The credit for electricity produced from clean energy: 87% and 82%. Home efficiency improvements: 85% and 81%. Not one of the credits asked about drew more than a quarter support for repeal from any group.

There was no separate bill to repeal these credits that members could vote on by itself. It happened inside the package.

Additional notes

Nothing to report. Where a government department changes a rule affecting this topic, it appears here — never counted as the government getting something done. Why.

Where these came from

Every line above is checkable.

Congress.gov — H.R. 1, the package that made the changes
Congressional Research Service — search the report number given on this page
Program for Public Consultation — the February 2026 national survey, question 47 on page 13. The exact question wording, the national figure, and the Republican, Democratic and independent numbers.
Program for Public Consultation — a separate survey on energy and the environment, questions 15 to 17. Fielded to 809 adults from 12 to 16 March 2025. It asked about each credit individually and whether people wanted it kept, increased or repealed.

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