Would have given storage systems a 20 percent investment tax credit for systems above 1-MW/1-MHw and a 30 percent tax credit for smaller 1-kw/5-kWh systems.
Would have required large retail electric utilities to meet at least 1 percent of their peak demand from storage by 2021.
Surveys key actions and policy mechanisms for supporting interstate coordination and cooperation to achieve transmission infrastructure, and includes model language for a state law.
Would have endorsed a regional transmission planning model and the expansion of federal backstop authority over transmission.
Would have replaced state transmission siting altogether with regional siting entities operating in conjunction with the Department of the Interior.
Would have allowed DOE to designate “national renewable energy zones,” based on locations that are capable of generating more than 1000 megawatts of renewable energy.
Proposes a new federal backstop siting authority for transmission, allowing FERC to approve multistate transmission projects.
Provides a useful model for how Congress or states might overcome local governments obstructing the permitting of transmission.
Provides a useful model for how Congress or states might overcome local governments obstructing the authorization of transmission.
Suggested an increasing tax rate in the UK for each additional flight that frequent fliers take.