HB3330, titled the Energy Freedom Act, would repeal a broad set of federal tax incentives and credits related to clean energy, energy efficiency, and low-emission transportation. The bill eliminates or phases out credits for home energy improvements, residential clean energy installations, clean vehicles, alternative fuel refueling property, biodiesel and renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable electricity production, nuclear zero-emission power, clean hydrogen, advanced manufacturing, clean electricity investment, carbon capture, and energy-efficient commercial buildings. It also repeals the elective payment and credit transfer provisions that allow certain taxpayers to monetize energy credits directly or transfer them to others.
The bill is structured as a series of amendments to the Internal Revenue Code, with most repeals taking effect for property, fuel, vehicles, or production occurring after December 31, 2025. In addition to removing the named credits, it makes numerous conforming changes across the tax code and related statutes to delete references to the repealed provisions and adjust related tax administration rules. It also repeals the federal tax on petroleum under chapter 38, further reducing federal energy-related tax provisions.
HB3330 would significantly alter the Internal Revenue Code by removing most of the major tax incentives enacted or expanded for clean energy and climate-related investment. The affected parties would include homeowners, vehicle buyers, utilities, renewable fuel producers, nuclear operators, hydrogen developers, manufacturers of clean energy components, commercial building owners, and businesses using carbon capture or advanced energy projects. It would also affect taxpayers and entities that currently rely on direct pay or transferability to use these credits.
There is no recorded committee transcript or vote history in the provided material, so formal sentiment cannot be measured from debate or roll call. Based on the bill text and its sponsors, the measure appears to reflect a strongly pro-fossil-fuel, anti-subsidy position framed as promoting “energy freedom” by ending federal support for clean energy technologies. The absence of recorded opposition or support in the provided context means the broader legislative reaction is not available here.
The main point of contention is the bill’s wholesale repeal of incentives that support renewable energy, electric vehicles, home electrification, carbon capture, hydrogen, and advanced manufacturing. Supporters are likely to argue that these credits distort markets, raise federal costs, and favor selected industries, while opponents would likely contend that the repeals would slow deployment of clean technologies, reduce consumer and business adoption, and undermine domestic investment and emissions-reduction goals. The repeal of elective payment and transferability is also likely to be controversial because it would remove financing tools used by tax-exempt entities and project developers.