S of renewable energy companies are rising after a tax on solar and wind was removed from the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
The Senate narrowly passed the legislation Tuesday and will now be considered by the House of Representatives.
The American Clean Power Association had warned that tax would up to $7 billion to the wind and solar industry's burden.
In this articleRUNENPHSEDGNXTARRYFSLR your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTzhongguoClean energy stocks rose on Tuesday after a tax on solar and wind jects was removed from the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
S of NextEra Energy, the largest renewables developer in the U. , rose nearly 3% after the Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump's bill on Tuesday.
AES, a leading renewable vider, rose almost 2%. The megabill will now go to the House of Representatives, where lawmakers will consider the Senate's changes.
The clean energy industry was surprised and outraged to find over the weekend that a tax on wind and solar jects had been inserted into a version of the Senate legislation.
The tax applied to jects that use components from foreign entities of concern above a certain threshold. Foreign entities of concern is widely understood to basically refer to China.
The American Clean Power Association and Solar Energy Industries Association told CNBC that the tax was struck from the Senate legislation.
ACP had described the tax as punitive and warned that it would add up to $7 billion to the solar and wind industry's tax burden.
Stock Chart IconStock chart iconThe Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) over the past three months.
The benchmark Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) was up 4%, while the is Global Clean Energy ETF (ICLN) was trading more than 1% higher after the legislation passed.
S of First Solar, the largest solar panel manufacturer in the U. , slipped less than 1%. Sun tracker manufacturers Array nologies and Nextracker jumped more than 11% and 5%, respectively.
Residential solar installer Sunrun rose 9% while inverter manufacturers SolarEdge and Enphase were up 8% and 4%, respectively.
But the Solar Energy Industries Association cautioned that the imvements in the Senate bill are "limited" and the legislation overall is still harmful to renewable energy.
"This legislation undermines the very foundation of America's manufacturing comeback and global energy leadership," CEO Abigail Ross Hopper said in a statement.
"If this bill becomes law, families will face higher electric bills, factories will shut down, Americans will lose their jobs, and our electric grid will grow weaker.
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