Over the weekend, the U.S. Senate put out a new version of the budget reconciliation bill. It would change the commercial ITC to be based on project completion and not extend the Section 25D residential ITC beyond the end of this year. It would also create a new tax for systems not taking the ITC if a majority of the components come from China.
 
The Senate is debating amendments all day today, with a possible conclusion this evening.
 
Two amendments will be considered to help the solar tax credit. 

  • Amendment 2704 (Ernst/Grassley/Murkowski) would take the commercial ITC back to  eligibility based on the start of construction and remove the new tax.

  • Amendment 2719 (Hickenlooper) would extend the residential ITC for one year.

If you have established communication with people and businesses in states with Republican senators in response to our previous action alerts, reach out again today and have them call their senators to urge support for these amendments.
 
Here is a list of phone numbers for Republican senators: