president joe biden reupped his push for congress to dust off spending proposals which he says would help more americans switch to electric vehicles with the assistance of tax credits biden during tuesday’s state of the union address also urged lawmakers for action on spending to incentivize solar and other alternative energy options icln  including for consumers read state of the union here’s the full text of biden’s speech doing so will help the nation battle inflation which has been stoked in part by high natural gas ng00 and gasoline prices the president said “let’s cut energy costs for families an average of 500 a year by combatting climate change” he said “let’s provide investments and tax credits to weatherize your homes and businesses to be energy efficient and you get a tax credit double america’s clean energy production in solar wind and so much more lower the price of electric vehicles tsla gm  saving you another 80 a month because you’ll never have to pay at the gas pump again” biden said read a ‘made in america’ ev tax credit what car buyers need to know if biden can advance a slicedanddiced build back better bill us benchmark oilcl00 soared above 100 a barrel in tuesday trading closing at its highest since 2014 natural gasng00 is trading up some 30 so far this year the average household is spending an extra 250 a month or 3000 per year due to high inflation overall by this measure the administration has urged households to consider solar panels smart thermostats and heat pumps and other technology for their homes can save power and save money the administration’s estimate of savings is based on an analysis by the wellrespected rhodium group issued last october according to rhodium’s assessment households would save roughly 500 a year in energy costs by 2030 under a mix of federal regulations state actions and congressional legislation the president also highlighted 47 billion in climate resilience and climate justice funding in last year’s bipartisan infrastructure legislation saying it is already being deployed to counteract extreme weather events like fires floods and droughts “we’ll build a national network of 500000 electric vehicle charging stations” biden said repeating his administration’s earlier announcement “we’re done talking about infrastrure weeks we’re now talking about an infrastructure decade” biden said read ahead of biden’s state of the union here’s how he’s delivered on his priorities so far biden has said he may try to advance climate and energy spending asks separately tuesday night’s speech did not include an update on such plans biden who has made climatechange and energyefficiency initiatives a key focus of his first term says he wants the us on a path to halve its emissions by the end of the decade a move in step with most of the globe’s largest nations he has also expressed interest in republicanfavored approaches to cutting emissions including carbon capture and storage nuclear and stillnascent green hydrogen technologies read more and more rightleaning americans worry about climate change but aren’t ready to give up gas stoves