Ohio Electrical Workers Unions Unite to Support Solar Jobs
Ohio’s electrical workers are speaking out this week in defense of clean energy jobs, as federal tax credit cuts and local politics threaten to derail major solar investments across the state.
In a new ad campaign launched jointly by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the NRDC Action Fund, union electricians are urging Ohio Senators to protect the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits. The message is clear: These incentives are driving real job creation—and cutting them now would send Ohio’s economic momentum backward.
“Clean energy tax credits are putting IBEW members to work in every state—and there are still hundreds of billions of dollars in projects ahead,” said IBEW International President Kenneth W. Cooper. “Stripping these investments now hands the advantage to foreign competitors, particularly China, and tells American workers their jobs don’t matter.”
The ads arrive as Congress debates a Republican-led reconciliation bill that would roll back clean energy credits enacted under the IRA. Alexandra Adams, chief policy advocacy officer at the NRDC Action Fund, put it bluntly: “Every lawmaker supporting this bill is voting for higher energy bills, fewer jobs, and bigger tax burdens on everyday Americans—drivers, homeowners, manufacturers.”