Biden climate adviser says clean electricity standards are needed in infrastructure bill Reuters

By Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON (Reuters)-White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy said on Wednesday that clean power standards (CES) and renewable energy tax credits are the “bottom line” required for the second infrastructure package that may be passed this year.

Democratic President Joe Biden is pushing for a second infrastructure plan that can be passed in a party vote through a budget settlement.

The first plan is the bipartisan bill being drafted between Biden and the legislators, excluding CES, which is a reduction by using renewable energy such as wind and solar energy, using nuclear energy, or finding ways to absorb and isolate greenhouse gases. Emissions from standardized fossil fuel plants.

“We need to tell the utility world, our power system, where they need to go,” McCarthy said in a Punchbowl news event on the two-part legislation. CES “provides a certain degree of certainty for the long-term investment this country needs, and we will integrate these parts together,”

McCarthy sent a memo to Biden cabinet officials on Tuesday. Reuters saw a memo saying that consumer electronics shows, including power efficiency, will attract private investment to modernize the power grid, cut electricity bills, and stimulate union work.

CES can help Biden promote the decarbonization of the grid by 2035. Analysts said that the infrastructure bill battle may continue until September or later, but McCarthy said she is shooting for the end of July.

McCarthy also said that the government is pushing for a rebate for electric car consumers in the second package.

A fact sheet on the framework of the US$1.2 trillion bipartisan bill released by the White House last week does not include new funds for electric vehicle rebates, but will spend US$15 billion on adding electric vehicle charging stations and purchasing electric schools and buses. car. Biden has promoted a $100 billion rebate for electric car consumers.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday that Biden regards the climate project in the bipartisan package as a “down payment,” which includes a “huge investment” in electric cars and electric buses, and he is committed to obtaining a settlement plan More benefits.