U.S. Solar Industry Group Seeking 10-Year Tax Credit Extension

The solar industry is lobbying for an extension of a tax credit for solar energy projects for as long as 10 years, Abigail Ross Hopper, president and chief executive officer of the Solar Energy Industries Association, says in interview Wednesday.

• “It will need to be sustained” to be effective, Hopper says
• NOTE: Congress extended the investment tax credit for residential and commercial solar projects at its current rate of 26% for two years in December 2020
• An infrastructure bill being put together by congressional Democrats that includes an extension of the solar investment tax credit could pass before ...