Republican Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak of North Dakota has introduced the Ending Intermittent Energy Subsidies Act of 2025, a bill aimed at eliminating the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for wind and solar projects over the next five years. Fedorchak argues these subsidies distort energy markets and must be “responsibly” phased out.
Under the proposal, wind and solar tax incentives would decline by 20% annually, while technologies offering “reliable, dispatchable power”—such as nuclear, hydro, and geothermal—would retain their credits. The bill also targets the transferability of these credits, blocking third-party sales, which Fedorchak claims inflate their market value and exacerbate imbalances.
“Wind and solar are no longer ’emerging technologies’—they’re mature, market-tested energy sources,” Fedorchak stated. She criticized current subsidies for disproportionately rewarding intermittent power, accelerating the premature retirement of stable baseload sources like coal, natural gas, and nuclear, and fueling a “reliability crisis.”
Quoting the Cato Institute, Fedorchak estimated these subsidies could cost taxpayers up to $901 billion over a decade. “Continuing to incentivize intermittent energy with generous tax credits distorts markets and sends investors the wrong signals,” she emphasized. “Grid operators demand more dispatchable power. We must stop subsidizing policies that undermine this goal.”
The bill has garnered bipartisan support from Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, including Gary Palmer, Randy Weber, and Craig Goldman. Goldman hailed it as “critical legislation to curb excessive government spending and restore balance to energy markets.”
Separately, Fedorchak introduced House Resolution 290, urging Congress to prevent premature retirements of reliable baseload sources like coal and natural gas without viable replacements.
The PTC and ITC, established under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as technology-neutral incentives (Sections 45Y and 48E), apply to projects commissioned after December 31, 2024. They cover wind, solar, nuclear, hydro, geothermal, and battery storage. Notably, outgoing President Biden finalized clean-energy tax credit rules days before leaving office in January 2025, locking in eligibility criteria that would require complex interagency reviews to amend.
