The White House held a reception on Wednesday afternoon to celebrate the official one-year anniversary of the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the historic legislation that has spurred $110 billion worth of investments in clean energy facilities across the country.
Indeed, there’s a lot worth celebrating about the IRA. As I wrote about last week, the IRA led to a resurgence in domestic solar manufacturing that many believed was not possible. Advocacy organization Climate Power reports that there have been more 170,000 jobs announced thanks to the climate provisions in the IRA. The benefits are coming to folks across the country, with 24 projects announced in Michigan, 22 in Georgia, 20 in South Carolina, 16 in California and 14 in Texas.
