On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a sweeping legislative package that effectively repeals most clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Additionally, a key amendment that passed with the original OBBBA imposes two immediate eligibility conditions that disqualify the vast majority of clean energy […]
Trump Administration’s Wind Freeze: A Challenge for Offshore Wind, But Far from the End
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has triggered a significant shift in U.S. energy policy, with offshore wind facing its biggest challenge yet. A recent executive order (EO), published on January 20, 2025, halting leasing of federal land and waters for wind energy projects, has injected uncertainty into the sector, delaying key projects, discouraging […]
New York Carbon Emissions Set to Rise in the Wake of Indian Point Retirement
EVA has modeled the impact of the retirement of Entergy’s Indian Point nuclear plant and found that in the near term, power sector carbon emissions will increase as the lost nuclear generation is replaced with natural gas generation. Further, the retirement will increase the cost to comply with the state’s recently updated Clean Energy Standard […]