investment tax credit

• Require the Secretary of Treasury to consult with the Secretaries of Energy and Interior when establishing the credit;
• Provide a 30 percent tax credit on the investment in offshore wind for the first 3,000 MW generated;
• Give Treasury the authority to make the final decision on who is awarded the tax credit. Once a credit is awarded, companies would have five years to install the wind facility;
• Prohibit companies from receiving other production or investment tax credits in addition to the offshore wind investment tax credit created under the bill; and
• Define offshore facility as any facility located in the inland navigable waters of the United States, including the Great Lakes, or in the coastal waters of the United States, including the territorial seas of the United States, the exclusive economic zone of United States, and the outer Continental Shelf of the United States.

The Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development (Offshore WIND) Act would extend the 30 percent Investment Tax Credit for offshore wind through 2025. The 2015 omnibus bill extended the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for wind until 2019. But because of the longer planning and permitting times currently needed for offshore wind, the Department of Energy has found that no additional offshore wind projects are projected to be able to qualify for these tax credits before they expire.

The Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2015 would direct the U.S. Department of the Treasury to issue small-denomination treasury bonds to raise revenue for the extension of certain energy-related tax credits and incentives that encourage renewable energy growth. HR Bill 4162 can be found here.