Recent Brattle Report Analyzing Clean Energy Tax Credits Featured Across Several Media Outlets
A recent Brattle-authored report prepared for ConservAmerica, which performed an economic analysis of clean energy tax credits and their effects on US investment, electricity rates, economic growth, and jobs through 2035, has been featured by several media outlets, including Utility Dive, Seeking Alpha, and The New York Times.
The study captures a surge in artificial intelligence, manufacturing reshoring, and electrification that are projected to expand electric energy usage by 50% and peak demand by 30% over the next decade. Meeting that growth quickly, reliably, and cost-effectively will require the development of a wide array of resources with different development timelines. Large amounts of solar, wind, and storage are already in development and can be deployed relatively quickly, while gas-fired generation requires 4–5-year development timelines and faces turbine supply chain limits over the next five years.
Brattle’s analysis explores the economic implications if, within this context, the currently available Clean Electricity Production Tax Credits (§45Y) and Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credits (§48E) were to be discontinued by Congress.
View coverage of Brattle’s report in outlets such as the following:
The report, “A Wide Array of Resources is Needed to Meet Growing US Energy Demand,” was prepared by Principal Dr. Sam Newell, Managing Energy Associate Dr. Wonjun Chang, Senior Energy Analyst Paige Vincent, and Energy Research Associate Sam Willett.
