Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2021
Summary
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2021 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 electrolysis), 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
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Introduced Mar 9, 2021
Last action Mar 9, 2021
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Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
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State
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P
Martin Heinrich
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
Co
Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
Co
Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
Co
Jack Reed
DDemocratic
Co
Mazie K. Hirono
DDemocratic
Co
Michael F. Bennet
DDemocratic
Co
Sheldon Whitehouse
DDemocratic
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