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S 3159 114th Congress Senate

Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2016

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for energy storage technologies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 13, 2016 Introduced by: Heinrich, Martin Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
Taxation Alternative and renewable resourcesBusiness investment and capitalEnergy efficiency and conservationEnergy storage, supplies, demand
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 12, 2016
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 Latest action July 12, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2016

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow 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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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Independent 1
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 13, 2016
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jul 12, 2016
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jul 12, 2016
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jul 12, 2016
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jul 12, 2016
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jul 12, 2016
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Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Jul 12, 2016
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