May 8, 2025
Senator Mike Crapo Congressman Jason Smith
Chair Chair
Senate Finance Committee House Ways and Means Committee
219 Dirksen Senate Office Building 1139 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20515
Congressman Richard Neal
Senator Ron Wyden
Ranking Member
Ranking Member
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
1129 Longworth House Office
219 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Washington, D.C. 20510
Cc: Texas Congressional Delegation
Dear Representative Luttrell and Members of Congress,
The solar and storage industry in Texas is hard at work building American energy
dominance. The American Energy Tax Credits have helped foster an industry boom, making
Texas an engine of domestic solar and storage manufacturing and production. The 45X
manufacturing tax credit is critical for building domestic manufacturing facilities and jobs,
working in conjunction with incentives in the 48E/45Y tech neutral and 25D residential
energy tax credits to build strong market demand. This suite of incentives is driving
manufacturing job creation and domestic energy production in Texas.
Texas is a national leader in the solar and storage industry, with statewide over 12,000 solar
jobs powering the state economy, with approximately 6,000 jobs concentrated in the
greater Houston area. For the past two years, Texas has ranked as the number one state in
newly installed solar capacity, with enough energy produced in the state to power
approximately 5 million homes. This incredible growth, which works to reduce electricity
bills for consumers, is driven by nearly 600 solar and storage companies across the state.
These businesses have been able to thrive in Texas because of existing federal policy
support. Maintaining predictable federal policy is crucial to the business certainty that has
allowed these companies to make long term plans. We urge that Congress does not upset
this progress by abruptly changing course.
In addition, Texas is in the middle of a data center boom – creating a pressing need to
quickly obtain additional energy resources. Texas and the US has a need for quickly
deployable domestic energy resources. Solar and storage are a key part of meeting this
increased demand for energy on a short timeline. With the current incentives in place, the
US has the opportunity to gain a technological edge in the race for AI while supporting
American manufacturing.
The Texas solar and storage industry continues to fuel the American manufacturing boom,
providing rapidly deployable, American made technology to fuel domestic power
production. As Congress considers the upcoming reconciliation bill, we urge that the
energy tax credits are maintained, so that Texas companies can continue to create jobs,
innovate, thrive, and lead.
Sincerely,
Texas Based Companies Fortress Microgrid
Austin, TX
Barley | Pfeiffer Architecture
Austin, TX
Freedom Forever LLC
Plano, TX
Beaucond Energy, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
Freedom Forever LLC
El Paso, TX
Caprock
Fort Worth, TX
Austin, TX
Lubbock, TX
San Antonio, TX
Catalyze
Houston, TX
Houston, TX
GoodLeap
DM Renewables
Austin, TX
San Antonio, TX
Greater Texas Solar
Eastex Solar LLC
Mason, TX
Palestine, TX
KW Renewable Engineering
ELIN ENERGY LLC
Austin, TX
Brookshire, TX
Light n Wind LLC
ENGIE North America
The Woodlands, TX
Houston, TX
MJFladmark LLC
Enphase Energy
Tool, TX
Arlington, TX
MM Solar Advisory LLC Houston, TX
Dallas, TX
Trinity River Community Solar Systems
Neely Clay Energy, LLC (TRCSS)
Fort Worth, TX Duncanville, TX
TriSMART Solar
Primergy Solar Houston, TX
Abbott, TX San Antonio, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Recurrent Energy
Pflugerville, TX
Austin, TX
McAllen, TX
Lubbock, TX
Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
Sugar Land, TX
Waaree Solar America
Solar CenTex
Brookshire, TX
Harker Heights, TX
Solar One
Sherman, TX
Companies with Texas Investments
SolarEdge Technologies Inc
Austin, TX
GEM Energy
Solstice Solar
Concentro
Houston, TX
Orange Mountain Energy
Sunshine Renewable Solutions
Houston, TX
Birch Creek Energy
T1 Energy
Blue Horizon Energy
Wilmer, TX
VXI Capital
Texas Best Solar LLC
Lewisville, TX
Inovateus Solar LLC
The Solar Scouts
Clean Footprint
Texas, TX
The Colony, TX
ETW Energy
TMEIC Corporation Americas
Greening USA Corp. Solar Nosh
NatPower US SOLV Energy
Goshe Energy Storage LLC SunGreen Systems Inc.
Redeux Energy Seal Solar
FranklinWH Energy Storage SunTek Solar Energy
Planet Solar Inc. OMCO Solar
PowerFlex Sofos Power, LLC
