![]() ![]() Even though rolling out the rules for these incentives has taken time, EV purchases have rapidly accelerated in California, one in every four new cars sold is now electric.Īmerica is finally realizing just how great these cars can be. If electric cars seem to suddenly be everywhere, this is a big reason. Last August’s law fixed that, providing new, more generous tax credits for both new and used EVs. But, over time, many cars no longer qualified, making EV purchases more expensive up front. When I bought my electric vehicle six years ago, federal and state tax credits brought down the sticker price by $10,000. In a sense, my electrification journey started long before I vowed to part ways with my gas company. One home improvement at a time, I’ve seen firsthand just how transformative the IRA will be-and what is still needed to ensure that this law lives up to its full potential. But the parts of the law that are most quickly changing the country are the incentives that make it cheaper for Americans to break up with fossil fuels. ![]() By far the biggest climate bill in American history, the IRA is stuffed with programs: hundreds of billions of dollars to spur clean-energy manufacturing in the United States, push coal plants into retirement, and clean up pollution. Those efforts were repeatedly stymied-until out of nowhere, a year ago this week, the Inflation Reduction Act became law. ![]() In addition to my home renovation, I was also working on a much bigger decarbonization project last year: getting a climate bill out of Congress and onto President Joe Biden’s desk. SoCalGas wasn’t my sole energy provider, but I vowed to go one step further and run my home without burning any fossil fuels at all. I had to remove all the appliances running on gas and swap them for clean, electric machines. I’d had enough.īut like a divorce after a long marriage, the process was even more complicated than I had thought. Yet here I was, an academic who had devoted my life to advancing clean energy, still paying them money, month after month. Like so many other fossil-fuel companies, SoCalGas was lobbying against clean energy while it continued to spew carbon pollution into the atmosphere. ![]() Last April, I decided to break up with my gas company. ![]()
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