S. 1868: Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2017
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S. 1868: Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-26 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2017
Plain summary
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 201 7 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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Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] · 11 cosponsors
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Brian Schatz (D-HI), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s1868.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s1868 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115