Maine to See 3,600+ New Jobs from Build Back Better Act
Augusta, Maine — A new NRDC analysis shows that the Build Back Better Act, as it currently stands, has the potential to significantly accelerate clean energy investment, economic activity, and job growth in Maine. The Senate’s passage of the Build Back Better Act would bring these climate and economic benefits to states across the country — and result in 3,600–5,100 new direct jobs being created in Maine.
“The Build Back Better Act has the potential to significantly accelerate this investment, economic activity, and job growth in Maine,” said Sami Yassa, Senior Scientist for NRDC . “Already, clean energy is the biggest job creator in our country’s energy sector, employing almost three times as many workers as the fossil fuel industry.
New carbon-free energy generating capacity to be built in the state: 1,100–1,400 MW, which would more than double the state’s large-scale wind and solar capacity. Percentage of in-state generation coming from carbon-free resources: 83–94 percent. Currently, in-state generation from carbon-free resources is 59 percent.The House-passed Build Back Better Act contains more than $150 billion in clean electricity tax incentives as well as more than $25 billion for clean energy loans, grants, research, procurement, and other essential programs.
The tax incentives included in the legislation are flexible and accessible to support all types of developers who will usher in the fastest — and most sustained — build-out of renewables in the country’s history. The incorporation of labor standards such as prevailing wage and domestic content requirements on clean energy credits will help increase American manufacturing and ensure that the jobs created are good jobs.sector in 2020, according to the Clean Jobs America 2021 report from E2.
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