Updates on CEBA’s government relations and advocacy work on behalf of the renewable energy sector.
September 9, 2022
To ensure we unlock the Inflation Reduction Act’s full potential, we must prioritize markets and transmission. When Senator Manchin announced a surprise, black-box deal with Majority Leader Schumer on the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) this summer, suddenly it became like the chaos of a game of 52-card pick-up — even for an organization like […]
August 12, 2022
Washington, D.C. – August 12, 2022 – Today is a historic moment for the advancement of a prosperous, carbon-free future. Investments in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will create jobs, reduce energy costs, provide market stability to mobilize deployment of capital for clean energy and catalyze next generation technology, manufacturing and innovation. Collectively, the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment […]
August 7, 2022
The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) applauds the Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. The historic investments in clean energy reduce the cost of energy for customers and send signals and certainty to the market to spur private investment and accelerate the uptake of a wide range of clean energy technologies. CEBA encourages the House […]
July 28, 2022
The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) applauds Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Manchin for continuing to work toward a deal to deliver the largest investment in clean energy and carbon emission reduction in history. This critical act will create investments that reduce customer energy bills while building up domestic clean energy industries and supply […]
July 18, 2022
CEBA filed comments on Friday, July 15 in both the Southeastern and Western regions of the U.S. to elevate customer voices and support access to low-cost and reliable clean energy. In the Southeast, CEBA commented on Duke Energy’s Carbon Plan, which was filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission on May 16, 2022. CEBA’s comments […]
June 6, 2022
Washington, D.C. (June 6, 2022) – The Clean Energy Buyers Association welcomes the White House’s executive action taken earlier today to restore a strong measure of certainty to the solar energy market, including to clean energy customers seeking to buy and use solar energy. The thoughtful solution offered by the Administration today to provide a two-year […]
June 6, 2022
Climate change poses both threats and opportunities to American businesses. The disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions serves an important role in both mitigating risk and capitalizing on these opportunities. The proposed carbon disclosure rule issued by the U.S. Security & Exchange Commission (SEC) would upon adoption create greater transparency and strong incentives for more companies […]
May 25, 2022
On April 29th, 28 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Chairwoman Kaptur and Ranking Member Simpson urging the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee to provide robust funding for investments in transmission and grid infrastructure in the Fiscal Year 2023 Bill. In the letter, the members stated their support for the […]
May 11, 2022
Washington, D.C. (May 11, 2022) – The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA), which represents 300+ leading energy customers and their partners, calls on Congress and the White House to pass legislation that will lower energy costs, create jobs, mobilize private capital, foster innovation and accelerate carbon-free technologies in the power sector. CEBA’s membership makes up […]
May 3, 2022
Institutional energy customers drive a significant portion of the clean energy procurement in the U.S., and have voluntarily deployed 52 gigawatts (GWs) of new, large-scale wind and solar capacity have since 2014. Last year alone, energy customers contracted for a record 11 GW of new wind and solar projects. Of this 11 GW, 80% were solar energy […]
