[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53481-53482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19232]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Savings Performance Contract Energy Sales Agreement;
Request for Information
AGENCY: Federal Energy Management Program, Office of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for information.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Energy Management Program Office (FEMP), within
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), published a notice, ``Request for
Comments on the Tax Treatment of an Energy Savings Performance Contract
Energy Sales Agreement,'' on its Web site to gather information on
specific concerns related to the Federal Investment Tax Credit
eligibility of a renewable energy project structured as an Energy
Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) Energy Sales Agreement (ESA) that
could benefit from clarification in the form of guidance issued by the
Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
DATES: Written comments and information are requested on or before
September 3, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are to submit comments electronically to:
[email protected]. Include ``August 2016 ESPC Request for
Comments'' in the subject of the message.
Instructions: All submissions received must include ``August 2016
ESPC Request for Comments'' in the subject of the message. The notice
is available at www.energy.gov/node/1953536.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Niro, U.S. Department of Energy,
Federal Energy Management Program (EE-2L), 1000 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20585; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMP published a request for comment (RFC)
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to gather information on the potential for an Energy Savings
Performance Contract Energy Sales Agreement (ESPC ESA) project to
qualify as a service contract under 26 U.S.C. 7701(e) and thus remain
eligible for the 26 U.S.C. 48 solar investment tax credit (ITC). The
RFC requests commenters to identify any specific language included in
26 U.S.C. 7701(e)(4)(A)(i)-(iv) that could benefit from clarification
in the form of guidance from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the
U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury). The RFC is available at
www.energy.gov/node/1953536. The RFC is a continuation of the issues
presented in the Federal Energy Management Program's (FEMP) Request for
Comments on Including Onsite Renewable Energy Generation under Energy
Savings Performance Contracts, issued on February 2, 2016, available at
http://energy.gov/eere/femp/downloads/request-comments-including-onsite-renewable-energy-generation-under-energy.
FEMP invites all interested parties to submit in writing by
September 3, 2016, comments and information on matters addressed in the
notice.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2016.
Hayes Jones,
Operations Supervisor, Federal Energy Management Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-19232 Filed 8-11-16; 8:45 am]
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