# 2025-00331: Government Offers Bigger Tax Breaks for Clean Energy Helping Poor 2025-00331, Guidance on Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Amount Program, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-13, effective 2025-01-13; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00331 - As of: 2026-06-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-00331 - Title: Guidance on Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Amount Program - Type: Rule - Agencies: unknown - Citation: unknown - Published: 2025-01-13 - Effective: 2025-01-13 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-06-11 ## In one line Government Offers Bigger Tax Breaks for Clean Energy Helping Poor ## Summary Starting January 13, 2025, clean energy projects in low-income communities can get extra tax credits to help pay for building electricity facilities that don’t burn fuel. This new IRS rule explains who qualifies, how to apply, and what counts, making it easier for investors to boost their clean energy impact while saving money. If you’re planning a clean electricity project, this is your green light to grab bonus credits and power up your savings! ## Abstract This document contains final regulations concerning the program to allocate clean electricity low-income communities bonus credit amounts established pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for calendar years 2025 and succeeding years. Applicants investing in certain clean electricity generation facilities that produce electricity without combustion and gasification may apply for an allocation of capacity limitation to increase the amount of the clean electricity investment credit for the taxable year in which the facility is placed in service. This document provides definitions and requirements that are applicable for the program. The final regulations affect taxpayers seeking allocations of capacity limitation to claim an increased clean electricity investment credit. ## Effects PRIA read - Bonus Credit: +10% or +20% Points: benefit, high. Starting January 13, 2025, eligible clean electricity projects in qualifying categories can get an increase to the section 48E investment credit equal to either 10 percentage points or 20 percentage points. The Increase is 10 percentage points for facilities in low-income communities or on Indian l… - Annual Capacity Pool: 1.8 GW Limit: cost, medium. For each calendar year beginning January 1, 2025, the Program can allocate up to 1.8 gigawatts (GW) of direct current capacity toward these bonus credits. If allocations are unused in a year, the excess can carry forward to the next year but may not be carried beyond the third calendar year followi… - Size Test & Aggregation Rules (<5 MW): mixed, medium. To qualify for the bonus, an applicable facility must have a maximum net output of less than 5 megawatts (MW) measured in alternating current (AC); facilities with 5 MW or more are not eligible. For the less-than-5-MW test, facilities with integrated operations must use the aggregate nameplate capa… - Energy Storage Not Eligible For Bonus: cost, medium. The final regulations state that energy storage technology is not eligible property for the section 48E(h) Increase; the bonus applies only to the qualified investment in the applicable facility itself. If a system includes both an applicable facility and energy storage, the applicable facility may… - Applicant Must Be Taxpayer/Owner: cost, low. The regulations clarify that the applicant for an allocation is the owner of the facility and the taxpayer who will claim the section 48E credit; disregarded entities may not apply — the regarded owner is the applicant. This affects how projects must be structured when applying for Capacity Limitat… - 4-Year Place-in-Service Deadline: cost, medium. If a facility receives an allocation, the eligible property that is part of that facility must be placed in service within 4 years after the date of the allocation in order to claim the section 48E(h) Increase. Failure to place in service within 4 years can affect the ability to claim the Increase. - Low-Income Area Rules Use NMTC Data: mixed, low. Category 1 eligibility uses the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) section 45D(e) definition of low-income community and the CDFI Fund mapping tool to determine qualifying census tracts. When the CDFI Fund updates ACS low-income community data, applicants may choose the prior or updated data for a one-y… - Category 3 Housing Programs Limited To Federal List: mixed, medium. 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