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UCS Testimony on the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

Union of Concerned Scientists

Department of the Treasury is hosting a public hearing on the December 2023 proposed regulations governing implementation of the Section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen. My comments, to be presented on March 27, are copied below. Generalized exemptions would undermine the rigor of this approach.

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Proposed Electrolyzer Requirements for the Hydrogen Tax Credit: Strengths and Risks

Union of Concerned Scientists

In late December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations for the Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. The tax credit, passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, provides a generous incentive for the production of clean hydrogen. the “three pillars”).

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Without Sufficient Guardrails, the Hydrogen Tax Credit Could Increase Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a clean hydrogen production tax credit (known as “45V”) that is one of a slew of new incentives intended to help catalyze the next and necessary phase of advancing the nation’s clean energy transition as a whole. The costs will be too great otherwise.

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Bills Establishing Incentives For Using Fossil-Fueled Vehicles Introduced In The House, Senate; Eliminates Support For Hybrid, Electric Vehicles

PA Environment Daily

A two-bill package has been introduced in the House and Senate to establish new incentives for the use of fossil-fueled vehicles-- rebranded as “low emission transportation fuels”-- and eliminating rebates and grants for hybrid and electric vehicles.

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New EU Gas Package Proposal - A Legal Analysis

Energy and Climate Law

Today the European Commission presented its proposals for a new gas package, called the ` Hydrogen and Decarbonized Gas Markets´-package. Can the package deliver on hydrogen regulation, decarbonization and gas security of supply? From a legal-technical point of view a crucial change occurs in the definitions of the Directive.

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Three Things from Oppenheimer that are Happening Again

Union of Concerned Scientists

Instead of re-engaging diplomatically, the United States decided to pour its efforts into building a hydrogen bomb, seeking to maintain an advantage over its rival. Wartime utterly transformed the economic, political, and social fabric of the nation state, harnessing every possible resource to fuel the war effort.

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Response to COP28 Draft Outcome

Enviromental Defense

We are calling on the Government of Canada to use their political muscle to push for what is truly needed: a fair, fast and funded phase out of all fossil fuels – without any dangerous loopholes. A Fossil Fuel Phaseout The litmus test for COP28 is whether it will deliver a full, fast, fair and fully funded fossil fuel phase out.