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<dc:title>119 S4175 IS: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the clean electricity production credit and the clean electricity investment credit based on increases in the price of, and demand for, electricity, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-03-24</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4175</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20260324">March 24, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S247">Mr. Wyden</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the clean electricity production credit and the clean electricity investment credit based on increases in the price of, and demand for, electricity, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Extension of clean energy production, investment, and residential credits based on price and demand increases</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcabefad0a20349fcbdd581d9405dade4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Production credit</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/45Y">Section 45Y(d)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><paragraph id="idf449cb34bda24f97a6387111e423bdfa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Subject to paragraph (4), the amount</quote> and inserting <quote>The amount</quote>,</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a47d677889a4c7aa67f2d8f949096a0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e07855ad3c1475e9bba0c11fbe570c6"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02061d4c01ab43e7949c3a3d68edea94"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicable year</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id086b7ea672304e71a6e2b5b01ead8930"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>applicable year</term> means the later of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d0ccd5e8660428da95a32176b94b235"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the calendar year that is 6 years subsequent to any price or demand increase year (as determined under subparagraph (B)), or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2dd9c5416dc4a60a04825da668d1a5c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2032.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4c87132a7fc412f95e27021b6af576f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Price or demand increase year</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id317ba3d4681d4ef98aebe50ffaac431d"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>price or demand increase year</term> means a calendar year in which, as reported in the Electric Power Annual (or any similar report) published by the Energy Information Administration—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f2c39df247941b48736cc67972fd3ef"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the national average price of electricity provided by the total electric industry to ultimate customers in all sectors is more than 2 percent higher than in the most recent previous calendar year for which such data is available, or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbab037440e204631ae97c61c9fd25a3f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the total annual sales of electricity provided by the total electric industry to ultimate customers in all sectors (measured in megawatt-hours) is greater than in the most recent previous year for which such data is available.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c1c835024f14bd4b10cb3fd45b67ab9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of determining whether any year qualifies as a price or demand increase year, the Secretary shall make such determination—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id232e57c3164243cb843f1e8cdea4529a"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to calendar year 2025, before January 1, 2027, and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71ebb75f60a84716849d9b1f0e9767c0"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to any subsequent calendar year, before January 1 of the first calendar year beginning after the date on which the Electric Power Annual (or any similar report) is published with respect to such year.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id390f5fc51d954bd58c53833682671849"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Application after initial phase-out of credit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a determination by the Secretary that a year qualifies as a price or demand increase year, if such determination is made during a year in which the phase-out percentage is applicable under paragraph (2)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf094dfcfffc84456829d065275a1c559"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applicable year shall be deemed to be the calendar year that is 6 years subsequent to such price or demand increase year, and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c596753a6d24e28b6f46837be767df2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the 6-year period subsequent to such price or demand increase year, the phase-out percentage shall be deemed to be 100 percent.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4574da8b8c48498da5c1799641947303"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a073fd77c42416fbc7b0ec2270cd1eb"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Investment credit</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/48E">Section 48E(e)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><paragraph id="idead9f63a8c424fbf8a7af59528b6c363"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Subject to paragraph (4), the amount</quote> and inserting <quote>The amount</quote>, and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2409cbebb2243c2826d9ddb72ad3dc6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0241fa4dca64570b5cfc9b51e284cf3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Energy efficient home improvement credit</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/25C">Section 25C(i)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41633991ffff47c0ac0a59b593cf68c1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>This section</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5216df682c941bb9353af462a8f1c26"><paragraph id="idac3ed2d35ad14f95a8f95b5de7d057d1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), this section</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideebc27430e7d451881dba164b9af8b36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5edecbd1466f4cdcae1154429347e32f"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68c27074905f4f75b232f9f94aa4ef10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewed application of credit following price or demand increase years</header><text>In the case of any calendar year that, pursuant to section 45Y(d)(3), is determined by the Secretary to qualify as a price or demand increase year (as defined under such section), paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to property placed in service during the period of the first 2 calendar years beginning after the date that such determination was made by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec7b9a91a7c54ed0acea7679f27c0bdd"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Residential clean energy credit</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/25D">Section 25D(h)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbec9cfd991cd48848b49a8de494a116d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The credit</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id274d6c223edd4a81a1e85d483e901df1"><paragraph id="id25ef569634c04572b7fb0dc318259b0f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the credit</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddae763cf3d7f44f7b573a0f7d1bcbded"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94cb978153244507a65213536b74504e"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b68deb2122b4f1c96e621046310c325"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewed application of credit following price or demand increase years</header><text>In the case of any calendar year that, pursuant to section 45Y(d)(3), is determined by the Secretary to qualify as a price or demand increase year (as defined under such section), paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to expenditures made during the period of the first 2 calendar years beginning after the date that such determination was made by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf339e42a43d48ad8d71f69000458062"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eliminating denial of credit for wind and solar leasing arrangements</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f83f5845c514c399430fedba3aef20a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Production credit</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/45Y">Section 45Y</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (h).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddfd1390ae4b341488b60c7301216d3b0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investment credit</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/48E">Section 48E</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (i).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44a29692f0c74d3fa0dd2e4dfe6996c5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill>

