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Solar and wind excise tax dropped from Senate GOP megabill

Senate Republicans on Tuesday abandoned their effort to impose new taxes on solar and wind energy.

Text released by the Senate Rules Committee no longer includes a new tax on solar and wind projects if some of their components come from China. 

The excise tax had been a last-minute addition to the bill and was made public over the weekend. Many in the industry had warned it could kill future projects.

Read more from The Hill here.

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