Ashley Hinson of Iowa voted on May 22, 2025 and July 3, 2025 for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which ended federal tax credits for rooftop solar, home efficiency upgrades and electric vehicles and cuts off credits for new wind and solar projects. Energy researchers project the law raises Iowa household energy costs by 2035. In 2025 she also voted to repeal federal efficiency standards for water heaters, walk-in coolers and commercial refrigerators.
In August 2025 Hinson called the law's energy changes "transformational legislation", in a state where wind produces most of the energy generated.
Ashley Hinson's Votes and Statements on Energy Prices and Utility Bills
- Hinson Voted Twice for the Clean-Energy Credit Repeal That Is Projected to Add $350 a Year to Iowa Household Energy Costs, in 2025. On July 3, 2025, Ashley Hinson voted yes as the House passed the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act 218 to 214. On May 22, 2025 she had voted for the House version, which passed 215 to 214, so it would have failed without her vote. The law ended the rooftop solar credit with respect to any expenditures made after December 31, 2025 and ends the wind and solar credits for any applicable facility placed in service after December 31, 2027 unless construction started within a year of enactment. Energy Innovation projected in July 2025 that the law's energy provisions would add $350 a year to the average Iowa household's energy costs by 2035, against $170 nationally. Rhodium Group found the law puts more than half a trillion dollars of clean energy and transportation investment at risk.
- Hinson Voted to Repeal Three Energy-Saving Appliance Standards in 2025. In February and March 2025, Hinson voted to repeal federal efficiency standards for gas-fired water heaters in homes, walk-in coolers and freezers and commercial refrigerators, and all three repeals became law. The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University estimates those repeals cost consumers $191 million, $283 million and $208 million a year in lost savings, as of its 2026 tracker.
- Hinson Called the Law's Energy Changes "Transformational Legislation" in a State That Gets Most of Its Power From Wind, in August 2025. On August 28, 2025, Hinson said of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's energy provisions, "This is transformational legislation", and called the bill "a new golden era of energy dominance", The Gazette reported. The same Gazette report noted that nearly 60 percent of the energy generated in Iowa is produced by wind, and a Nature Conservancy study had found the credits the law ended would add more than $238 million in annual economic value to Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch, June 2025).
What the Energy Votes Ashley Hinson Cast Cost Iowa Households
- Household energy costs (projection). Energy Innovation projects that the law and other federal energy policy changes mean Iowa households will pay an additional $11 billion for energy through 2035, about $740 per household in 2035, and will cost Iowa's economy 3,500 jobs per year on average over the next decade.
- Wind and solar projects. E2 counted 216 major clean energy projects canceled, closed, or downsized since January 2025 nationally by 2026, representing $68 billion in lost capital investment.
Frequently Asked Questions About Ashley Hinson on Energy and utility bills
What is Ashley Hinson's record on energy and utility bills under Trump?
Ashley Hinson of Iowa voted twice in 2025 for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including the final House vote on July 3, 2025, which repealed federal tax credits for rooftop solar, home efficiency upgrades, electric vehicles and new wind and solar projects. She also voted to repeal three appliance efficiency standards that saved consumers money. She praised the law's energy changes as "transformational legislation" in a state that gets most of its power from wind.
Did Ashley Hinson vote to end wind energy tax credits?
Yes. Ashley Hinson voted for the law that ends the production and investment credits for wind and solar projects placed in service after December 31, 2027 unless construction began within a year of enactment. Rhodium Group projects the law will raise household electricity rates 2-4% in 2035.
Will electricity bills in Iowa go up because of the law Ashley Hinson voted for?
Ashley Hinson voted for a law that Energy Innovation projects will raise energy costs for Iowa households by 2035, and nationally the group forecast that electricity rates would increase 10 to 18 percent by 2035 under the final law, in an analysis published in July 2025.
Last updated: 2026-10-25