Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock are pressing the Biden Administration to support America’s solar manufacturing industry.
Earlier this month, Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock pressed the Biden Administration to take action and eliminate the tariff exemption for bifacial modules under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 to boost the competitive advantage of American bifacial module manufacturers.
A February report by the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that U.S. imports of bifacial modules doubled between 2020 and 2022.
“The solar manufacturing industry is at a crucial turning point, spurred by incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act. During the final two years of the 201 tariffs, it is essential that their implementation supports the growing U.S. solar manufacturing industry, which is critical to our nation’s energy security and energy independence from China,” Sens. Ossoff and Warnock wrote to President Biden. “In Georgia, companies have already invested over $2.98 billion in solar manufacturing, projecting thousands of new clean energy jobs to our states.”
Sen. Ossoff continues working to boost domestic solar manufacturing and strengthen American energy independence.
Last month, Sen. Ossoff led a group of Senators pressing the Biden Administration to ensure domestic production of wafers and polysilicon is properly incentivized through the Inflation Reduction Act’s bonus tax credit for domestic content, as intended by Congress, to help American solar manufacturing compete with China.
In January, Sen. Ossoff led a bipartisan group of Senators urging President Biden to increase tariffs on Chinese-made solar module, cell, and wafer imports under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Click here to read Sens. Ossoff and Warnock’s letter to President Biden.
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