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Home » RPA applauds extension of solar tax credit

RPA applauds extension of solar tax credit

December 22, 2015
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Trade group had recently participated in “Day on Capitol Hill” event to lobby for extension.​

The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill on Dec. 18,, which includes extending tax credits for renewable energy technologies, including solar water heating and photovoltaics. President Obama has indicated his support and plans to sign the bill into law. This passage represents an important victory for the Radiant Professionals Alliance (RPA), which actively lobbied Congress for the extensions, and IAPMO’s Advanced Energy Programs.

The omnibus spending bill, which staved off a government shutdown, contains language extending the Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) five additional years, through Dec. 31, 2021. The five-year extension includes a phase out, with a reduction of the credit in the final two years.

The ITC is a 30 percent federal tax credit for solar systems installed on residential and commercial properties. Savings from the credit significantly reduce system costs for home or building owners, making the economics of a system purchase more attractive. Since the ITC was implemented in 2006, annual solar installations have grown by more than 1,600 percent, a compound annual growth rate of 76 percent, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

As result of the extension, the 30-percent credit will remain in place through 2019, reducing to 26 percent in 2020 and 22 percent in 2021 before ending completely.

The RPA recently participated in a “Day on Capitol Hill” event during which its members lobbied for extension of the credit.

“This event was, to my knowledge, a first for the RPA,” said Executive Director Mark Eatherton of the lobbying efforts. “It speaks to the growing influence of our coalition when we work together to positively impact our industry on behalf of our members.”

The extension is also welcome news for IAPMO’s Advanced Energy Programs, which oversees the RPA and IAPMO’s Solar Heating and Cooling business units.

“RPA members and IAPMO R&T solar certification customers can stop worrying about the credit extension and start doing business with renewed certainty,” said Les Nelson, Vice President of Advanced Energy/Solar Heating and Cooling Programs for IAPMO.

As a result of the extension, by 2020 solar will account for 3.5 percent of U.S. electricity generation, up from 0.1 percent in 2010, enough electricity to power 19 million homes, according to the SEIA. This will offset 100 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to shutting down 26 coal-fired power plants or taking 20 million cars off the roads.

 

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