Electric cooperatives should find it easier to transition away from coal power. Nonprofits for the first time should qualify for renewable energy tax incentives. The homeowner share of the rooftop solar costs should be cut about 30%.

The Senate will take up Build Back Better in the coming weeks through budget reconciliation. The bill passed the House on partisan lines in November with $2 trillion in spending on a broad range of social programs, like funding for prekindergarten and childcare, affordable housing, health insurance subsidies and lower prescription drug prices for seniors.

Another provision is a voluntary Energy Transition Program, which will make $10 billion available for cooperatives to retire coal plants and build new renewable generation projects, he said.

More than 400,000 Montanans rely on cooperatives for electricity.