Rick Jackson, the Republican nominee for governor of Georgia, supports the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Energy Innovation estimated could by itself add about $270 a year to the average Georgia household's energy costs by 2035. His campaign told Fox News on April 27, 2026 that he supports the bill, "Period."
The law ends tax credits for wind and solar power, for rooftop solar and home efficiency upgrades, and for electric vehicles. Rhodium Group expects less than half as much new clean power to be built through 2035 as it otherwise would, and Energy Innovation expects the law's energy provisions to raise the electricity rates consumers pay nationwide by 9 to 18 percent by 2035.
Rick Jackson's Support for the Law That Ends Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Jackson Backs the Law That Ends Wind and Solar Tax Credits, Raising Georgia Energy Costs. Rick Jackson's campaign spokesman, Mike Schrimpf, told Fox News Digital on April 27, 2026: "Rick supports the Big Beautiful Bill. Period." That law denies the wind and solar production and investment credits to projects placed in service after December 31, 2027 unless construction started within a year of enactment, and Treasury then made physical work the sole test for when construction began. Rhodium Group projects the law will cut new clean power capacity by 53 to 59 percent from 2025 through 2035 and raise household energy bills by $78 to $192 in 2035, as power that would have come from new solar and wind is replaced by more costly sources.
- The Law Jackson Backs Ended Home Credits for Rooftop Solar, Heat Pumps, Insulation and Windows. The law Rick Jackson supports ended the residential clean energy credit, which covered 30 percent of the cost of rooftop solar, batteries and geothermal heat pumps, for spending after December 31, 2025, years before it was set to begin phasing out in 2033, and ended the home energy efficiency credit, which the IRS says covered insulation, windows and heat pumps, for improvements made after the same date. Georgia homeowners who planned to cut their power bills with solar panels, better insulation or a heat pump now pay the full cost themselves, so fewer of those upgrades get made and more households keep paying higher monthly bills.
- The Law Jackson Backs Ended Electric Vehicle Credits, Raising Gasoline Use and Prices. The law Rick Jackson supports ended the new and used clean vehicle credits for vehicles acquired after September 30, 2025. With fewer electric vehicles on the road, Rhodium projects gasoline use 4 to 11 percent higher in 2035 and gasoline prices 1 to 3 percent higher, costs that fall on every Georgia driver who fills up.
- The Law Jackson Backs Puts Half a Trillion Dollars of Clean Energy Investment at Risk. By ending these credits, the law Rick Jackson supports leaves over $500 billion in planned clean energy and transportation spending in danger of being canceled, according to Rhodium Group. Rhodium adds that the law puts new pressure on operating clean energy factories tied to nearly $150 billion of investment, and Energy Innovation projects that the law's energy provisions will mean 760,000 fewer jobs nationwide by 2030, among them construction and factory jobs in states like Georgia that have courted battery and solar plants.
What the Energy Credit Repeal Rick Jackson Supports Means for Georgia Bills and Jobs
- Georgia households could pay an estimated $270 a year more for energy by 2035. Energy Innovation's estimate of the law alone puts the added energy cost the average Georgia household could pay at $270 a year by 2035, CNBC reported, money that comes out of family budgets for groceries, rent and car payments.
- Georgia homeowners now pay the full cost of solar panels, heat pumps and insulation. Since January 1, 2026, Georgia families who install rooftop solar, a heat pump or new insulation get no federal credit for it, because the law ended the residential clean energy credit for spending after December 31, 2025 and the home efficiency credit for improvements placed in service after that date, so the upgrades that lower monthly power bills cost more up front.
Frequently Asked Questions About Rick Jackson on Energy and utility bills
What is Rick Jackson's record on energy and utility bills under Trump?
Rick Jackson supports, as his campaign put it in April 2026, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a law that ends the federal tax credits for new wind and solar power, home efficiency upgrades, rooftop solar and electric vehicles. Energy Innovation estimated that the law by itself could add about $270 a year per household to Georgia energy costs by 2035, and Rhodium projects new clean power capacity 53 to 59 percent lower through 2035.
Will the law Rick Jackson supports raise Georgia power bills?
Rick Jackson supports a law that two research groups expect to raise electricity bills, in Georgia as elsewhere. Rhodium Group attributes a 2 to 4 percent rise in average household electricity rates in 2035 to the law, and Energy Innovation puts the rise in the electricity rates consumers pay at 9 to 18 percent by 2035, because less new low-cost solar and wind power gets built.
Do voters support the clean energy credits the law Rick Jackson backs repealed?
Rick Jackson backs a law that ended credits most voters wanted kept. A national YouGov poll released in January 2025 by the advocacy group Evergreen Action found 61 percent of voters supported keeping the federal clean energy tax credits and 18 percent favored repealing them.
Last updated: 2026-10-26