In an interview with POLITICO, Republican Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt sounded the alarm on Trump and Congressional Republicans’ efforts to repeal clean energy investments from the Inflation Reduction Act and undermine America’s wind energy industry. “A deal is a deal,” Stitt said, urging his party not to walk away from promised clean energy tax credits. He also warned Trump against breaking contracts with businesses that have already invested in clean energy projects and are legally owed reimbursements.

POLITICO Pro: POLITICO Pro Q&A: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt

By: Josh Siegel
February 19, 2025

Key Points:

• Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt urged the Trump administration to treat all types of energy production the same as it overhauls U.S. policy — and to honor the clean energy contracts signed by the Biden administration.

• "I don't think we should be playing politics here,” Stitt told POLITICO in an interview Tuesday ahead of his visit to D.C. for winter meetings of the National Governors Association and Republican Governors Association. “We don't want to flip around and do what they've [Biden] done to this industry or that industry and pick winners and losers. You apply the law universally, and you allow people to develop the resources that they have.”

• Stitt also said he doesn't support Trump's calls to repeal IRA clean energy tax credits that have drawn investments to GOP-led states like Oklahoma since companies have based their investments on the incentives. He said he plans to discuss Trump’s wind and IRA policies in conversations this week with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who is expected to attend the Republican governors meeting.

• "That was a deal that was cut,” Stitt said of the IRA tax credits. “Congress has got opine on it, but a deal is a deal, and you can't back up on some of those things."

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