BIL/IRA Funding Implementation
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The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 earmark billions of dollars in federal funding to improve infrastructure, develop clean energy, advance environmental justice, and build shared prosperity.
Our implementation guidance and funding trackers outline how communities in the Ohio River Valley can access and leverage federal funding opportunities. These resources represent just a subset of federal funding.
BIL/IRA Implementation Digests:
Clean Power Digest: the PA Supreme Court’s retention race, data centers, retail electricity prices, and more
Attached please find a PA Digest for October 30, 2025 and a copy of a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study on energy prices (and data centers). Today’s Digest was inspired by the prominently displayed WHYY article (in case you missed it) and the LBL Study’s...
Clean Power Digest: RISE PA progress, clean energy funding cuts, soaring utility bills, and more
Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania (RISE PA) Update RISE PA is a $396 million statewide industrial decarbonization grant program funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grants under the Inflation...
Green Banks, Solar Policy, Federal Energy Tax Credits, and More — BIL/IRA Implementation Digest
Green Banks - Clean Communities Investment Accelerator & National Clean Investment Fund Updates Appeals court says EPA can recover ‘green bank’ funds - by Jean Chemnick - September 2, 2025 - E&E News by Politico - The ruling helps clear the agency’s way for...
Tracking the Impacts of HR 1 BIL/IRA Implementation Digest
Big Picture/Overview Summaries A List of Nearly Everything in the G.O.P. Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save — By Alicia Parlapiano, Margot Sanger-Katz, Aatish Bhatia and Josh Katz - July 3, 2025 – New York Times – Our reporters reviewed the hundreds of items in...
Tracking U.S. Senate Vote on HR 1 — BIL/IRA Implementation Digest
Tracking U.S. Senate vote on HR 1 Despite last-minute changes, US Senate bill deals big blow to renewable energy — By Valerie Volcovici - July 1, 2025 5:40 PM – Reuters - The U.S. Senate's massive budget bill that passed on Tuesday will make it harder to develop wind...
The House Reconciliation Package, Climate Funding, and Tax Credit Impacts
News Articles on House Bill & Climate/Economic Development Funding House GOP budget ‘worse than feared’ for clean energy: analysts - By Brian Martucci – Utility Dive - May 22, 2025 - The bill’s “unworkable” provisions raise barriers for projects to qualify for...
BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — April 18, 2025
Decision on all BIL/IRA Funds U.S. Dist. Judge Mary McElroy, Federal Dist. Court of RI’s Order – applies nationwide to EPA, DOE, Interior, USDA, HHS & HUD (and OMB). The same theory could apply to Green Bank Funds (see third bullet below). A Green Bank litigation...
BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — April 3, 2025
Energy Efficiency Updates – HHS Cuts Hit LIHEAP & PA PUC Draft Order Massive Cuts to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program ‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies - By Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami...
BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — March 21, 2025
PA House Bill 362 – PA Energy Development Authority Pennsylvania takes first step to access low-income solar funds - Julie Grant, March 18, 2025 – The Allegheny Front - Solar advocates in Pennsylvania cheered a first-round vote by the state House Energy Committee of...