Over the Next Decade in Pennsylvania, Advanced Energy Tax Credits Will Generate:
$119B New Private Sector Investments
$28.3B New Manufacturing Investments
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
- Status: Operational
- Location: Lewisburg, PA (Union County)
- Congressional District: Pennsylvania 15th
- Technology: Solar
- Relevant Tax Provision:
- Investment Tax Credit (ITC)
- Direct Pay
- Fast Facts:
- Across the Keystone State, there are more than 2,300 megawatts of solar installed today, enough to power over 305,000 homes.
- Over the past decade, the price of solar has declined approximately 37% for Pennsylvania consumers.
- Pennsylvania is home to almost 500 solar companies, like those involved in this project, employing nearly 4,300 people.
Ephrata Solar
- Status: Operational
- Location: Ephrata, PA (Lancaster County)
- Congressional District: Pennsylvania 11th
- Technology: Solar
- Relevant Tax Provision: Investment Tax Credit (ITC)
- Fast Facts:
- The 3.9-megawatt Ephrata Solar project provides enough power to support 670 homes in the community.
- Through a long-term power purchase agreement with the Borough of Ephrata, this project is helping offset rising energy costs in the community.
- At the time of its construction, Ephrata Solar was the largest solar project in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Nextracker/JENNMAR Steel Factory
- Status: Operational
- Location: Leetsdale, PA (Allegheny County)
- Congressional District: Pennsylvania 17th
- Technology: Solar Trackers
- Relevant Tax Provisions:
- Manufacturing Production Tax Credit (45X)
- Content produced at this facility will be eligible for the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) & Domestic Content Adder
- Fast Facts:
- The plant, housed in a restored Bethlehem Steel factory, employs approximately 500 workers with family-sustaining jobs and sustains a manufacturing tradition in the community that dates back a century.
- Utilizing U.S.-made steel, the plant produces enough tracker torque tubes annually to sustain 4,000 megawatts of new solar projects each year.
- This project is the latest in a series of significant capital investments that JENNMAR, a premier steel processing provider, has made in the U.S. solar industry. Between 2020 and 2024, the company invested over $100 million in solar manufacturing.
Form Factory 1
- Status: Operational
- Location (County / City): Weirton, WV (Hancock County); Near Pennsylvania Border
- Congressional District: West Virginia 2nd
- Technology: Energy Storage
- Relevant Tax Provision(s):
- Manufacturing Production Tax Credit (45X)
- Products from this facility are eligible for the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and Domestic Content Adder
- Fast Facts:
- Factory 1 is the manufacturing hub for Form’s long-duration iron air energy storage systems. These storage systems are designed to store and discharge electricity for 100 hours, long enough to cover the typical outage after a hurricane, wildfire, or other extreme weather event.
- Form Factory 1, which is situated at the historic site of the former Weirton Steel mill represents an investment of nearly $800 million in public and private capital.
- The 550,000-square-foot factory currently employs 300 people with family-sustaining manufacturing jobs. By 2028, Factory 1 is set to nearly double in size, supporting more than 750 employees.
If key advanced energy tax policies are repealed, new analysis indicates that the cost of energy for business, industry, and working families in Pennsylvania will increase nearly 8% by 2026.
141,700
Advanced Energy Jobs in Pennsylvania