Government Shutdown Could Slow Down U.S. Clean Energy Rollout

A government shutdown could slow down U.S. clean energy investments as it could delay billions of dollars worth of incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for which the Administration is still fine-tuning the details, according to senior White House adviser John Podesta. The IRA, passed in August last year, has nearly $370 billion in climate and clean energy provisions, including investment and production credits for solar, wind, energy storage, critical minerals, funding for energy research, and credits for clean energy technology manufacturing…