Local Government
Direct Pay Tracker

Climate Mayors launched with partners the Local Government Direct Pay tracker, a first-of-its-kind tool showing where federal tax credits are helping support clean energy projects in U.S. cities across the country. The Local Government Direct Pay tracker currently accounts for more than 100 clean energy projects across 29 states and 59 jurisdictions, including Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Texas, New Mexico, Florida, and Indiana. The projects reflected in the tracker demonstrate how clean energy tax credits, which the private sector has benefited from for decades, are now helping local governments and nonprofits unlock innovative clean energy projects, from installing solar energy and creating more energy independence, to purchasing electric vehicles and reducing toxic pollution. The Direct Pay tracker’s interactive dashboard allows users to filter projects by Congressional district, project type, and tax credit. Explore the tracker here.

Tracking this data is essential and provides evidence for protecting these tax credits. The goal of the tracker is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the IRA’s Direct Pay provision, enable cities to showcase their leadership in clean energy deployment, and allow local governments to share their IRA success stories.

This tracker was developed in partnership with C40 Cities, the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), the Sustainable Cities Fund (SCF), and Atlas Public Policy  — and in collaboration alongside Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) and World Resource Institute (WRI).

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