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GA solar business showcases benefits of Inflation Reduction Act

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Monday, July 29, 2024   

A Georgia business owner is touting the effects of the Inflation Reduction Act on families, businesses and job creation, including her own.

Olivia Amyette, owner of Infinite Energy Advisors in Cleveland, Georgia, said her journey into the solar industry began at Georgia Tech. After graduating in December 2020 during the pandemic, she chose to stay in Georgia to care for her grandfather. Amyette credits the Inflation Reduction Act for helping jump-start her solar career, allowing her to support those in need and increase job opportunities.

"There's so much expansion and so much growth in the solar industry alone," Amyette pointed out. "It's brought so many jobs to the table, manufacturing here in Georgia, all types of exciting things that really, we wouldn't have seen, I don't believe, if the IRA was not in place."

She noted her company focuses on lowering energy costs for Georgia residents and businesses through what she calls a "one-stop shop model." The company recently joined a select group of solar energy providers in the Capital Goods Fund project, a solar leasing program for low-income residents.

Amyette also founded the Solar Knowledge Institute to address workforce diversity and pay gaps in the solar industry. She explained the goal is to serve as a comprehensive training site to help others enter the field.

"I'm able to provide a platform for other women and other minorities, and just anybody who's interested in learning this field," Amyette emphasized. "That's kind of one of the things that I think make us a little bit special, is that I'm able to use the Solar Knowledge Institute to train folks, even if they don't end up working for us."

Since the Inflation Reduction Act's inception, there have been 42 attempts to repeal its climate and clean energy provisions. Amyette believes it would affect solar industry business owners and workers, whose skills and livelihoods depend on the ongoing demand for solar installations.

"I think that we're super excited to see the IRA continue to expand and to build upon what foundation they put in place," Amyette stressed. "My worry is that if we don't have the IRA, you know, we won't have any chance of seeing just where that expansion would bring us as an industry."

She hopes to see a future where solar energy options are more accessible and affordable for homes and businesses.


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