Georgia continues to lead the nation in the growth of clean energy transition-related jobs, according to a new report by the advocacy group Climate Power. The federal spending spurring that growth is a likely target of the incoming Trump administration.
Since 2022, Climate Power has compiled public announcements of clean energy sector jobs incentivized by the Inflation Reduction Act.
For the 2024 Clean Energy Boom Report, the group counted over 43,000 of these new jobs in Georgia, close to twice as many as the No. 2 state, New York.
Nationally, more than half of the IRA incentives creating these jobs have flowed to Republican congressional districts, and three of the top 10 Republican House districts for clean energy job growth are in Georgia, according to the new Climate Power report.
Those districts are Rep. Buddy Carter’s 1st District, anchored by the Hyundai Metaplant in Bryan County; Rep. Barry Loudermilk’s 11th District in Northwest Georgia, home to the QCells Solar factory; and Georgia’s 10th District, represented by Rep. Mike Collins and home to SK Battery in Commerce.
Energy sector watchers have long expected Donald Trump and both houses of Congress to begin working to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act, either by executive action or through legislation, once Trump is sworn in as president again.
In anticipation of that, Buddy Carter and 17 other U.S. House members wrote a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson last August asking him, once work to undo aspects of the IRA begins in earnest, to spare the energy tax credits which have led to new jobs in their districts.
