First published by Law 360 on June 27, 2016

On April 21, 2016, Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo.,[1] introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives the Solar Expansion of Distributed Generation Exponentially Act (the Solar EDGE Act) to provide a two-year increase in the credit available under Section 25D and Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code for certain solar energy property that has a nameplate capacity of less than 20 kilowatts.[2]

Section 25D of the code provides a tax credit (residential solar tax credit) to individuals for expenditures for property which uses solar energy to generate electricity for use in a dwelling unit located in the United States and used as a residence[3] by the taxpayer (qualified solar electric property expenditures).
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