PANELS Act
Sponsored By: Representative Bost
Introduced
Summary
Bifurcated tax treatment for solar on prime or unique farmland. This bill would change which solar projects on prime or unique farmland qualify for federal clean energy tax credits. It would let such projects claim the investment tax credit for energy property but bar them from the clean electricity production credit. It would use the USDA definition of "prime" and "unique" farmland from 7 CFR part 657 and apply to property placed in service after enactment.
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- Landowners and farmers: Solar installations on designated prime or unique farmland would be eligible for the investment tax credit but would not qualify for the clean electricity production credit. This shifts which federal tax incentive is available for projects on productive farmland.
- Solar developers and investors: Projects built on prime or unique farmland would face an investment-credit rather than a production-credit incentive under the tax code, which can change project financing and revenue timing.
- Administration and rules: The bill ties the farmland terms to existing USDA rules in 7 CFR part 657 and makes the change apply to property placed in service after enactment.
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2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
No production credit for solar on prime farmland
If enacted, solar projects on prime or unique farmland would not qualify for the clean electricity production credit. This would apply only to property placed in service after enactment. Owners and developers of these sites would lose that ongoing, output-based tax credit.
Mixed rules for solar tax credit on farmland
If enacted, some solar on prime or unique farmland could get the one-time investment tax credit. But other rules under the same tax section would add a location test that blocks credits for solar on this farmland. The bill would use USDA definitions in 7 CFR part 657 to decide what land counts. These changes would apply to property placed in service after enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bost
IL • R
Cosponsors
Finstad
MN • R
Sponsored 2/12/2025
Langworthy
NY • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2]
OH • R
Sponsored 2/24/2025
Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
MO • R
Sponsored 3/5/2026
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