United States · Bill · S
S. 3159 (114th)
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2016
Introduced
12 July 2016
Last action
12 July 2016 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV], Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Subjects
Energy, Taxation
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2016 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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Timeline
12 July 2016
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
12 July 2016
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 July 2016 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3159
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/3159
- us · 114-s-3159 · source updated 12 August 2025