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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2971 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the deployment 

of highly efficient combined heat and power property, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 1, 2013 

Mr. TONKO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage 

the deployment of highly efficient combined heat and 

power property, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Innovative Energy Sys5 tems Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT FOR HIGHLY EFFICIENT 

7 COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM PROP8 ERTY. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (i) of section 48(a)(2)(A) 

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1 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (III), by redesignating 

2 subclause (IV) as subclause (V), and by inserting after 

3 subclause (III) the following new subclause: 

4 ‘‘(IV) energy property described 

5 in paragraph (3)(A)(viii), and’’. 

6 (b) TREATED AS ENERGY PROPERTY.—Subpara7 graph (A) of section 48(a)(3) of such Code is amended 

8 by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (vi), by inserting 

9 ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (vii), and by adding at the end 

10 the following new clause: 

11 ‘‘(viii) highly efficient combined heat 

12 and power system property,’’. 

13 (c) HIGHLY EFFICIENT COMBINED HEAT AND

14 POWER SYSTEM PROPERTY.—Subsection (c) of section 48 

15 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol16 lowing new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(5) HIGHLY EFFICIENT COMBINED HEAT AND

18 POWER SYSTEM PROPERTY.— 

19 ‘‘(A) HIGHLY EFFICIENT COMBINED HEAT

20 AND POWER SYSTEM PROPERTY.—The term 

21 ‘highly efficient combined heat and power sys22 tem property’ means property at an industrial, 

23 commercial, or institutional facility comprising 

24 a system which— 


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1 ‘‘(i) uses the same energy source for 

2 the simultaneous or sequential generation 

3 of electrical power, mechanical shaft 

4 power, or both, in combination with the 

5 generation of steam or other forms of use6 ful thermal energy (including heating and 

7 cooling applications), 

8 ‘‘(ii) has a system design that pro9 vides an energy efficiency percentage of at 

10 least 70 percent, and 

11 ‘‘(iii) is placed in service before Janu12 ary 1, 2017. 

13 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of 

15 highly efficient combined heat and power 

16 system property with an electrical capacity 

17 in excess of the applicable capacity, the 

18 credit under subsection (a)(1) (determined 

19 without regard to this paragraph) with re20 spect to such property for the taxable year 

21 in which such property was placed in serv22 ice shall not exceed the amount which 

23 bears the same ratio to such credit as the 

24 applicable capacity bears to the capacity of 

25 such property. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE CAPACITY.—For 

2 purposes of clause (i), the term ‘applicable 

3 capacity’ means 25 megawatts or a me4 chanical energy capacity of more than 

5 34,000 horsepower or an equivalent com6 bination of electrical and mechanical ca7 pacities. 

8 ‘‘(C) INSTITUTIONAL FACILITY.—The term 

9 ‘institutional facility’ means a hospital or a fa10 cility of an educational organization described 

11 in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii). 

12 ‘‘(D) COMMERCIAL FACILITY.—The term 

13 ‘commercial facility’ shall not include any facil14 ity of a utility.’’. 

15 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall apply to property placed in service after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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