In Focus: Nuclear Energy Communities

Daniel Raimi

Date

Aug. 26, 2025

Guest

Daniel Raimi

Producers

Annie M. Tastet and Maya Krainc

Image

Walt Bilous / Shutterstock

The Inflation Reduction Act gives clean energy developers a tax credit if they site projects in places where coal, oil, and natural gas play an outsized role in the local economy. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was passed this summer, expanded the tax credit so that “nuclear energy communities” can also benefit from clean energy development.

In this In Focus video, Daniel Raimi, who directs RFF’s Equity in the Energy Transition initiative, elaborates on his recent blog post about the effectiveness of this tax credit expansion and what it may mean for communities and the clean energy transition.

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