Section 45Y Clean Electricity Production Credit and Section 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit

Résumé

This document contains proposed regulations relating to the clean electricity production credit and the clean electricity investment credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The proposed regulations would provide rules for: determining greenhouse gas emissions rates resulting from the production of electricity; petitioning for provisional emissions rates; and determining eligibility for these credits in various circumstances. The proposed regulations would affect all taxpayers who produce clean electricity and claim the clean electricity production credit with respect to a facility or the clean electricity investment credit with respect to a facility or energy storage technology, as applicable, that is placed in service after 2024. This document also provides notice of a public hearing on the proposed regulations.