Bill > S1142

Introduced Session

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for energy storage technologies, and for other purposes. This bill allows tax credits for (1) energy storage technologies, and (2) battery storage technology. The bill expands the tax credit for investments in energy property to include equipment that (1) receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Internal Revenue Service; and (2) has a capacity of at least five kilowatt hours. The bill also expands the tax credit for residential energy efficient property to include expenditures for battery storage technology that (1) is installed on or in connection with a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a residence by the taxpayer, and (2) has a capacity of at least three kilowatt hours.

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Martin Heinrich (D)*,  Michael Bennet (D),  Cory Booker (D),  Susan Collins (R),  Dianne Feinstein (D),  Cory Gardner (R),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Mazie Hirono (D),  Angus King (I),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Jack Reed (D),  Brian Schatz (D),  Tina Smith (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (on 04/11/2019)

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