Ending Market Distorting Subsidies For Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources

The order tightens access to clean-electricity tax credits and seeks to remove federal policies favoring wind and solar over dispatchable energy sources.

What the order does ​

• Directs the Treasury Secretary, within 45 days after enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to strictly enforce the termination of wind and solar tax credits under sections 45Y and 48E.
• Directs Treasury to prevent manipulation of construction-start rules and restrict broad safe harbors unless a substantial portion of a facility has been built.
• Directs Treasury to implement the law’s enhanced restrictions involving foreign entities of concern.
• Directs the Interior Secretary, within 45 days after enactment, to identify and eliminate policies that favor wind and solar facilities over dispatchable energy sources.
• Requires Treasury and Interior to report findings and implementation actions to the President through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.

Who it affects ​

• Wind and solar developers seeking federal tax credits or favorable treatment.
• Energy companies operating dispatchable power sources.
• Taxpayers and electricity consumers affected by federal energy policy.
• Energy supply chains involving foreign entities of concern.

Context ​

The order implements and strengthens wind, solar, and foreign-entity provisions attributed to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.