Senate GOP Favors Round-The-Clock Power Over Solar and Wind

Senate Republicans would use their version of Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill to boost round-the-clock energy sources while slashing US incentives for solar and wind, echoing his administration’s hostility to intermittent renewable power.

Generous tax credits for nuclear and geothermal power would phase out by 2036, while incentives for wind and large-scale solar would end by 2028, according to a draft of the legislation released late Monday. Credits for home solar installations and energy-efficiency improvements would end even earlier.

The proposal, which likely faces changes in the days ahead, would tilt the scales of federal policy in favor of so-called baseload power sources ...