HR 2657 114th Congress House Taxation Business investment and capital Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental technology Income tax credits Lighting and heating Lighting, heating, cooling

POWER Act

Introduced: June 4, 2015 See on congress.gov

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Jun 4, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Jun 4, 2015

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Power Efficiency and Resiliency Act or the POWER Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a 30% energy tax credit for combined heat and power system property and increase the capacity limitations for such property, (2) extend until December 31, 2018, the placed-in-service deadline for such property, and (3) allow a 30% energy tax credit for waste heat to power property (property comprising a system generating electricity through the recovery of a qualified waste heat resource) placed in service before January 1, 2019.

Includes within the definition of "qualified waste heat resource": (1) exhaust heat or flared gas from any industrial process; (2) waste gas or industrial tail gas that would otherwise be flared, incinerated, or vented; and (3) a pressure drop in any gas for an industrial or commercial process. Excludes from such definition any heat resource from a process the primary purpose of which is the generation of electricity utilizing a fossil fuel or nuclear energy.

What's happening now June 4, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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