In just 100 days in office, President Trump’s tariffs, executive orders and all-out assault on clean energy have put Arizona’s clean energy boom at risk. 

New data recently released from Climate Power shows that 95 clean energy projects have been threatened, delayed or canceled nationally since Trump took office, representing $71.24 billion in investment and 62,554 jobs. Arizona has had over 10,000 clean energy jobs threatened or cancelled during this period — more than any other state in the country. For example, the state has seen the loss of 6,400 jobs projected for KORE Power’s now abandoned battery manufacturing project in Buckeye. Repealing the clean energy tax credits will lead to even more lost jobs, more project closures, and higher energy costs for Arizonans. Since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, Arizona has seen 13,533 new clean energy jobs and $13.34 billion in new clean energy investment, all of which are at risk if Republicans in Congress repeal the clean energy tax credits. 

“Investing in clean energy strengthens our economy, decreases costs, helps people live comfortably in their homes, all while protecting our precious water resources and improving our air quality,” said Maren Mahoney, director of Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs’ Office of Resiliency. “Now is not the time to be pulling back on those investments. Instead, we should be ramping up clean energy investments to ensure our energy system is able to meet the state’s new growth with resources that benefit the communities in which they are developed.” 

“Trump’s war on clean energy and his chaotic policies have already caused a hemorrhaging of manufacturing jobs in sectors that had been booming for two years,” said Lori Lodes, executive director of Climate Power. “Repealing clean energy investments would jeopardize hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs on its own. On top of this crisis of uncertainty, repeal would devastate American manufacturing — halting construction, sending jobs overseas, hiking energy costs and forfeiting the future to China and our other competitors.”

In addition to creating new jobs, clean energy saves Arizonans money: the transition to clean energy will reduce U.S. electricity prices by between 20 and 80% by 2040. Trump’s proposed tariffs, on the other hand, will cost Arizonans money: Studies show that households will experience a loss of $3,800 on average, while utility companies will likely raise rates for customers. 

Prior to Trump’s election, the United States was experiencing the largest boom in factory construction investment in American history, spurred in large part by clean energy tax credits. However, since the beginning of the Trump Administration, that growth has begun to reverse. If the Trump Administration succeeds in repealing the clean energy tax credits, it would be a disaster for American energy independence and could lead to 13,533 lost jobs in Arizona and more canceled projects like the one in Buckeye.