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HR 5763 111th Congress House

Solar EDGE Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase for 2 years the residential energy credit and the investment tax credit with respect to solar property w… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase for 2 years the residential energy credit and the investment tax credit with respect to solar property with a nameplate capacity of less than 20 kilowatts.

Introduced: July 15, 2010 See on congress.gov
Taxation Alternative and renewable resourcesElectric power generation and transmissionEnvironmental technologyIncome tax credits
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Latest action July 15, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Solar Expansion of Distributed Generation Exponentially Act or the Solar EDGE Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the rate of the residential energy tax credit and the energy investment tax credit to 50% in 2010 and 2011 for qualified solar electric property expenditures with respect to property that has a nameplate capacity of less than 20 kilowatts (or the thermal energy equivalent).

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5765 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase for 2 years the residential energy credit and the investment tax…
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 15, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5763: Solar EDGE Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5763/
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"H.R. 5763: Solar EDGE Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5763/.
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H.R. 5763, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5763/.
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[H.R. 5763: Solar EDGE Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5763/)
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