Just after we went to press last week, the US Senate finally came to an agreement on energy spending, with $369 billion allocated from a $739 billion plan. Democrats want to hold a Senate vote this week, but the budget reconciliation process will allow Republicans to stage delays and propose amendments. The bill, renamed from Build Back Better to the Inflation Reduction Act, is a mere shadow of the $3.5 trillion, then $2.2 trillion, then $1.75 trillion stimulus package proposed last year, which was to have included $555 billion for clean energy and climate change. The Inflation Reduction Act instead offers $369 billion for “Energy Security and Climate Change,” making energy the one category which largely survived. The rest of…