You’re a team player and a supportive friend. When you succeed, everyone benefits; you spread the wealth, and help others grow. You’re a lot like clean electricity tax credits, which will decarbonize the energy sector and, in doing so, make economy-wide decarbonization possible. The Production Tax Credit (often shortened to PTC) subsidizes clean energy generation per kilowatt-hour, and the Investment Tax Credit (you’d never guess the acronym for this one) helps producers pay for new clean energy infrastructure: wind farms, solar fields, you name it. Together, the Political Economy Research Institute estimates that these two credits alone will support nearly 150,000 new jobs every year. And generating all that new clean electricity means that when other sectors go electric — like the switch to electric vehicles — they’re running on clean, pollution-free power.

You also go out of your way to build high-quality connections: no fair-weather friends or extractive relationships in your life. We can see parallels in the IRA’s “bonus” credits for projects that pay prevailing wages, employ apprentices, and use domestically made materials. Just as you go out of your way to cultivate a healthy, lasting social circle, clean energy tax credits ensure that only high-quality projects get maximum funding. It takes a bit more effort and intention, but you’ve found that the payoff is worth it.

You’ve got drive and ambition; when you want something, you go out and get it. You’re a bit like the IRA’s 30(D) Electric Vehicle Tax Credit, but we’re sure you hear that all the time. By extending and expanding 30(D), the Inflation Reduction Act has put us a long way toward electrifying 50 percent of new vehicle sales by 2030. It won’t always be easy — that’s a tough target to hit — but you grip the steering wheel and go for it.

You always tackle these big problems with a plan; you chart the roadmap and follow it. In you lives the spirit of the 30(C) Alternative Fuel Refueling Property Credit (say that five times fast), which supports the installation of EV chargers around the country. The Biden administration wants to install 500,000 new chargers to support new EV ownership, and 30(C) will help spark that explosive growth. It’s thinking ahead to the next stage. It’s the work of a person who, when the rubber hits the road, can put the pedal to the metal.

You know a good deal when you see one; you don’t cut corners, but you do cut budgets. You might buy in bulk, or use every single coupon on your CVS receipt. You might also take inspiration from the IRA’s 25(C) Residential Energy Efficiency Tax Credit, which improves energy efficiency and reduces fossil fuel use by subsidizing efficient home appliances. 25(C) helps households save money on their energy and water bills, getting the same appliance power for less. Heating, cooling, insulation, you name it: 25(C) is cutting costs. And now, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, 25(C) is even boosted for the low-income households that most need the savings.

Your determined thriftiness doesn’t stop you from holding yourself (and others) to a high standard. You set expectations, and you stick to them. You share that quality with a couple key credits: the 179(D) Commercial Energy Efficiency Tax Deduction and the 45(L) Energy Efficient Home Credit. They support energy efficiency and electrification in major retrofits and new construction — if developers construct especially efficient, climate-friendly buildings, they get a credit. There are specific metrics that developers and building owners need to hit to qualify; you likewise expect yourself, and those around you, to measure up. You embody the 179(D) and 45(L) lifestyle.

You know how to work hard and play hard. Unions gave us the five-day workweek, and you live those weekend days to the fullest. But when you’re on the clock, you’re a force of nature. Clean manufacturing tax credits match your energy: they create good-paying jobs, and put union labor to work building the clean energy transition from the ground up. Take the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants, which help build, retool, and expand manufacturing facilities for electric vehicles. Those grants would boost a burgeoning domestic industry and put folks to work in good manufacturing jobs. A targeted, ambitious, and efficient program — sound like anyone you know?

You’re also ingenuitive, always bringing new ideas to the table — just like the 48(C) Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credit, which has moved billions of dollars into cutting-edge clean tech and supported the tens of thousands of workers who build the clean, efficient equipment we need. It was oversubscribed in its first 2009 iteration, with over $5 billion in unmet applications because, like you, it’s pretty popular. The Inflation Reduction Act brought it back because, like you, the word “quit” isn’t in its vocabulary.

You see injustice in the world, and you’ve dedicated yourself to fighting it. As climate change worsens, you know that decades-old environmental injustices will only grow more severe — and you know that the solutions must be community-driven. In that way, you’re like the IRA’s Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants. The bill allocated $3 billion of competitive grants for community-led projects covering a slew of activities, from pollution monitoring and prevention to mitigating health risks from heat and wildfires. That money means more capacity-building in the disadvantaged communities hit first and worst by climate change. It’s a big downpayment on the vision you’ve been campaigning for.

You also understand that nobody in this fight can go it alone, and the work requires organizing and mobilizing communities outside ourselves. It requires force multiplication. The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund operates on a similar principle. Some $15 billion of the fund’s investments and financing will go into frontline communities for new solar projects, pollution reduction, and more. The Coalition for Green Capital estimates that every $1 invested in low-income community clean energy development would leverage $5 in total investments. You know we need to empower communities by mobilizing people; the GHG Reduction Fund will support that work by mobilizing capital.