7.1.5 Tax Incentives for CCS

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress can expand tax credit programs under §§48A and 48B of the Internal Revenue Code by: (1) explicitly extending them to NGCC plants that capture CO2; (2) enlarging the five-year time frame; and (3) appropriating additional funds.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress could expand the existing production tax credit for renewable generation to include electricity that is produced by plants that use CCS.”

Proposed Carbon Capture Modernization Act

Would correct design flaws in the 26 USC §48A CCS tax incentive program that have made it impossible for companies to access existing incentives to retrofit currently operating coal-fired power plants with carbon capture technology.