April 01, 2021
HB 2148 Status: Signed by the Governor HB 2148 adds battery storage projects up to 150 MW to the state’s “permit-by-rule” process administered by the Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”). [...]Read More
April 01, 2021
HB 2006/SB 1201 and HB 2201/SB 1207 Status: Signed by the Governor Two bills, HB 2006/SB 1201 and HB 2201/SB 1207, align the tax treatment of energy storage projects between [...]Read More
April 23, 2020
The Virginia Clean Economy Act, enacted April 2020, includes a 3,100 MW energy storage target by 2035, making Virginia’s storage target the largest in the nation. Key provisions include: A [...]Read More
March 20, 2020
Section 1301 of the legislation would authorize $1.4 billion over 5 years for a wide range of cross-cutting energy storage research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) programs primarily at the U.S. [...]Read More
August 29, 2019
The Farm Bill makes energy storage eligible for existing financing programs administered by the US Department of Agriculture that support clean energy projects in rural communities, particularly farms and small businesses. [...]Read More
June 20, 2019
Under current law, energy storage only qualifies for the investment tax credit (ITC) when integrated with ITC-eligible solar resources under a narrow set of conditions and subject to recapture risks, [...]Read More
March 09, 2018
Under current law, energy storage can only qualify for the investment tax credit (ITC) when integrated with ITC-eligible solar resources under a narrow set of conditions and subject to recapture [...]Read More
July 21, 2016
ESA urges Members of the House and Senate to pass energy legislation that includes the energy storage provisions of S2400, authorizing the Department of Energy Resources to determine and adopt [...]Read More