By Julia Kemper, Janice Tran, Dan Fipke, and Christine Altilio of Kanin Energy, and HiP Executive Director Patricia Sharkey
Author’s Note: This White Paper was researched and written by the Heat is Power Association’s State Programs Working Group in the Spring of 2021 with the generous support of HiP Member Kanin Energy.
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NOTE: Materials in this library that were published before April 2015 use the 2012 EPA estimate that there is 10 GW of WHP potential in the US. In 2015, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory reported that the WHP potential in the US is actually 15 GW.
An overview of WHP and its value as a carbon-free source of clean electricity
White Paper on Waste Energy Recovery Property (WERP) and federal tax applications.
HiP comments on proposed Sec. 45Y/48E guidance and leads letter to Treasury urging the Department to make all WHP projects eligible for the clean electricity credits, without conditions.
HiP comments on waste energy recovery property (WERP) under proposed IRS guidance for the Sec. 48 energy ITC.
WHP Business Leaders on Why the ITC for WHP is Crucial
NOTE: WHP potential has been updated by DOE to 15 GW, replacing EPA’s 10 GW estimate referenced in the video
S.2283 – Waste Heat to Power Investment Tax Credit Act (Sen. Carper (D-DE) Intro’d 7/25/19)
H.R. 5155 – Waste Heat to Power Investment Tax Credit Act of 2019 (Rep. Schneider (D-IL) Intro’d) 11/19/19)
1409 Technologies for Energy Jobs and Securities Act of 2017 ( Sen. Carper (D-DE) Intro’d 6/22/17)
S.913 – An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment tax credit for waste heat to power technology (Sen. Hatch (R-UT) Intro’d 4/14/15))
S 1516 – Power Efficiency and Resiliency (POWER) Act (Sen. Collins (R-ME) and Rep. Reed (R-NY) Intro’d 6/4/15)
HR 2657 Power Efficiency and Resiliency (POWER) Act (Sen. Collins (R-ME) and Rep. Reed (R-NY) Intro’d 6/4/15)
S 1202 – Heat Efficiency through Applied Technology (HEAT) Act
S 1201 – Clean Distributed Energy Grid Integration Act
S 1656 – Master Limited Partnership Parity Act (MLPPA) bill text
S 1656 – Master Limited Partnership Parity Act (MLPPA) bill text (additional info)
The TAPs provide industrial facilities and large energy users with services in support of onsite energy project deployment, from the earliest stages of screening for multi-technology solutions – including WHP – to the end stages of post-installation operation.