ICYMI: Trump Cuts Critical Clean Energy Investments in Texas

Austin, TX – On Thursday, 2/13, U.S. Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released a summary of federal funds illegally withheld by the Trump Administration that were appropriated by the U.S. Congress to support clean energy consumer rebates and key investments in job-creating clean energy projects. A series of seven fact sheets (linked below) document the current state of federal funding freezes across key program areas.

“Trump’s funding cuts are not only illegal and unconstitutional, they’re killing American jobs, strangling innovation, and increasing energy costs for families in Texas and across the nation,” said Mónica Pérez, Climate Power’s Managing Director, States.

The fact sheets provide state-by-state statistics, including the value of federal funds being withheld from Texas, which are summarized below:

• Issue 1: Freezing Home Energy Rebates Program Raises Family Energy Costs
  • Impact on Texas families: $689 million in savings in household energy costs cut

• Issue 2: Freezing Electric Grid Programs Weakens Power Grid Against Wildfires, Extreme Weather, and Other Natural Disasters
  • Impact on Texas communities: $118 million in funding for extreme weather defense cut

• Issue 3: Freezing Hydrogen Hubs Threatens Jobs and Energy Investments
  • Impact on Texas workers: 45,000 jobs and up to $1.2 billion in funding for the Gulf Coast Hydrogen Hub cut

• Issue 4: Freezing Battery Manufacturing Programs Hurts Domestic Manufacturing and Eliminates Jobs
  • Impact on Texas workers: $200 million in funding for manufacturing jobs cut

• Issue 5: Freezing the Industrial Demonstrations Program Undermines U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness and Strands Private Investment
  • Impact on Texas manufacturing: $1,754 million in funding for clean technologies cut

• Issue 6: Freezing the Weatherization Assistance Program Raises Energy Costs for Low-Income Families
  • Impact on low-income Texas: $173 million in energy savings for Texas households cut

• Issue 7: Freezing the Loan Programs Eliminates Jobs and Kills Energy Investments
  • Impact on Texas workers: $3.3 billion in loans for new jobs and projects cut

Texas State Total: $2.9 billion in direct funding and rebates, plus $3.3 billion more in loans and over $1 billion in hydrogen hub funding all cut 

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