ClearPath Action Fund, a group focused on electing Republicans who back clean energy policy, announced today that it would spend $500,000 to help re-elect Sen. Dean Heller. 

“We’re investing heavily in Dean because there’s no doubt he has long been a leader among Republicans in expanding clean energy deployment and innovation,” said ClearPath Action Fund Founder Jay Faison in a release. “He knows it’s good for his constituents and that energy innovation is helping Nevada set the pace for the country and the world.”

The campaign includes three digital ads that highlight Heller’s clean energy efforts in Congress.

“Senator Dean Heller has worked across the aisle in Washington, taking bipartisan action for clean energy technologies that create good jobs in Nevada,” the 30-second ad said. “That includes helping lead efforts to streamline clean energy project permitting on public lands and offer tax incentives for both clean energy production and storage.”

The group will also run 15-second and 60-second ads showcasing Heller's record.

ClearPath’s support for Heller comes after he recently introduced a bill to remove the 30 percent tariff on imported solar panels imposed in January by President Donald Trump in a bid to unburden the state’s burgeoning renewable energy industry.

Since 2014, Nevada solar development had spiked as prices dropped and demand for renewable energy increased throughout the state and in California. More than 6,500 Nevadans worked in the solar industry last year, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. The group has projected that tariffs could lead to 23,000 job losses around the nation just this year.

Last week, Heller handily won the Republican primary with 70 percent of the vote and will face Democrat Jacky Rosen, who represents the 3rd Congressional District.

ClearPath endorsed Heller in February announcing that it would make “major investments to help” keep him in the Senate. Other Republicans the group supports include Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo.