Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2019
Latest action · Apr 4, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 4, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2019
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.
Cosponsors 61
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2019 to May 1, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Apr 4, 2019 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | May 20, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | May 21, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 4, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 4, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 59, April 4, 2019, page H3101.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-77 | BUILDING A 100 PERCENT CLEAN ECONOMY: SOLUTIONS FOR THE U.S. POWER SECTOR165 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Oct 30, 2019 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45747 | Vehicle Electrification: Federal and State Issues Affecting Deployment Archived | Report | Jun 3, 2019 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1142 | Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Apr 11, 2019 |
| HR 5409 | Incentivizing New and Valuable Energy Storage Technology (INVEST) Act of 2019 | Related bill | Dec 12, 2019 |
| HR 7516 | Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jul 10, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for energy storage technologies, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
