On 2 November, House Republican leaders introduced their long-awaited tax proposal, HR 1, revealing for the first time the details of their effort to overhaul the tax code.

The tax code has been essential to the continuing growth in the renewable energy sector in America. And the bipartisan tax law compromise enacted in 2015, which extends and phases down wind and solar tax credits, has been critical to US renewable energy investment totaling more than $46bn last year alone.