California governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order to accelerate the permitting of energy generation projects that could be set to lose Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) support, many of which are renewable power projects.
The executive order is a direct response to the Trump administration’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” passed earlier this year. The bill shortened the timelines for which several clean energy projects are eligible to receive financial support through the IRA, and, in conjunction with tighter “start of construction” rules, is expected to lead to tens of gigawatts of planned solar capacity being lost.