TCS Databases

A Taxpayers for Common Sense Project

Category: IRA

  • Renewable electricity production tax credit (PTC)

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    Agency: Department of the Treasury   Description: For closed- and open-loop biomass (latter includes livestock waste) facilities, landfill gas or trash facilities, qualified hydropower, marine and hydrokinetic, wind, and geothermal or solar energy. Also known as the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC). Bill Section: 13101 US Code: 26 USC 45(d) and…

  • Home Efficiency Rebates

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    Agency: Department of Energy – Office of State and Community Energy Programs   Description: Formula grant program for States to develop and implement a Home Owner Managing Energy Savings (HOMES) rebate program for whole-house energy saving retrofits begun on or after August 16, 2022 and completed by September 30, 2031. States must include plans to…

  • CCS/45Q tax credit

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    Agency: Department of the Treasury   Description: Tax credit for carbon oxide captured and sequestered. Bill Section: 13104 US Code: 26 USC 45Q New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $3,200,000,000 Timeline:      Through 2032   TCS Notes: The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimated that the IRA’s expansion of the 45Q tax credit would…

  • Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates

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    Agency: Department of Energy – Office of State and Community Energy Programs   Description: $4.275 billion formula grant program for States and $225 million grant program for Indian Tribes to “develop and implement a high-efficiency electric home rebate program” for low- or moderate-income households (total annual income less than 150% the median income of the…

  • Cellulosic tax credit

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    Agency: Department of the Treasury   Description: $1.01/gallon tax credit for production of cellulosic based biofuel. Bill Section: 13202 US Code: 26 USC 40 New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $540,000,000 Timeline:      Calendar years 2022-2024 (2022 is retroactive). Cost projection is for FY23-25.   TCS Notes: The cellulosic biofuel industry was intended to…

  • State-Based Home Energy Efficiency Contractor Training Grants

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    Agency: Department of Energy – Office of State and Community Energy Programs   Description: For financial assistance to States to develop and implement training and education programs for contractors involved in the installation of home energy efficiency and electrification improvements. States may use funds to reduce the cost of training contractor employees; to provide testing…

  • Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP)

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    Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development   Description: For loans, grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to properties assisted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to improve energy or water efficiency, enhance indoor air quality or sustainability, implement the use of zero-emission electricity generation, low- emission building materials or processes, energy storage,…

  • Climate Change Technical Assistance for Territories

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: To provide technical assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. Bill Section: 50241 New or Existing: New Potential Cost:      $15,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-26…

  • Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: Funding, in the form of direct expenditure, grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, and technical assistance for climate resilience and adaptation activities that serve the Native Hawaiian Community. Activities include climate change communication, education, and research; environmental hazard analysis; natural and cultural resource management and protection; socio cultural communication,…

  • National Parks Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration

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    Agency: Department of the Interior-Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service   Description: To carry out conservation, ecosystem and habitat restoration projects on lands administered by the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management Bill Section: 50222 New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $250,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-31