Tucked inside Republicans' massive domestic policy bill is an excise tax for wind and solar projects, a provision that came as a surprise not just to the renewable energy industry, but to numerous senators who are crafting the legislation.

Senate Republicans revealed a new tax for solar and wind energy this weekend, in the latest version of a bill that could be passed as early as Monday afternoon.

As Senate Republicans debate President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, renewable energy companies are reeling at what looks like a worst-case scenario for the industry. The latest version of the Senate bill includes a new excise tax on wind and solar projects with certain Chinese components,