Reuters: "US Cities Risk Losing Out on Clean-Energy Incentives, Jobs"
RFF Fellow Daniel Raimi discusses the extent of the "energy communities" definition laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Daniel Raimi, director of the Equity in the Energy Transition Initiative at Resources for the Future, a think tank, noted that the energy communities designation already covers about half of the country, including San Francisco.
That may be too broad if the intention is to help achieve a “just transition” - and any tweaking of the rules to bring in more urban areas would only exacerbate that concern, he said.
"By covering such a large geographic area, you're not actually incentivizing people to invest in those hardest-hit places," he added.
