[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 17474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08201]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Credit for Renewable Electricity Production and Refined Coal
Production, and Publication of Inflation Adjustment Factor and
Reference Prices for Calendar Year 2018
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of inflation adjustment factor and reference prices
for calendar year 2018.
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SUMMARY: The 2018 inflation adjustment factor and reference prices are
used in determining the availability of the credit for renewable
electricity production and refined coal production under section 45.
DATES: The 2018 inflation adjustment factor and reference prices apply
to calendar year 2018 sales of kilowatt hours of electricity produced
in the United States or a possession thereof from qualified energy
resources and to 2018 sales of refined coal produced in the United
States or a possession thereof.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha M. Garcia, CC:PSI:6, Internal
Revenue Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224,
(202) 317-6853 (not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Publication of the inflation adjustment
factor and reference prices is required by sections 45(e)(2)(A) (26
U.S.C. 45(e)(2)(A)) and 45(e)(8)(C) (26 U.S.C. 45(e)(8)(C)) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
Inflation Adjustment Factor: The inflation adjustment factor for
calendar year 2018 for qualified energy resources and refined coal is
1.6072.
Reference Prices: The reference price for calendar year 2018 for
facilities producing electricity from wind is 4.85 cents per kilowatt
hour. The reference prices for fuel used as feedstock within the
meaning of section 45(c)(7)(A) (relating to refined coal production)
are $31.90 per ton for calendar year 2002 and $49.69 per ton for
calendar year 2018. The reference prices for facilities producing
electricity from closed-loop biomass, open-loop biomass, geothermal
energy, small irrigation power, municipal solid waste, qualified
hydropower production, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy
have not been determined for calendar year 2018.
Phaseout Calculation: Because the 2018 reference price for
electricity produced from wind (4.85 cents per kilowatt hour) does not
exceed 8 cents multiplied by the inflation adjustment factor (1.6072),
the phaseout of the credit provided in section 45(b)(1) does not apply
to such electricity sold during calendar year 2018. Because the 2018
reference price of fuel used as feedstock for refined coal ($49.69)
does not exceed $87.16 (which is the $31.90 reference price of such
fuel in 2002 multiplied by the inflation adjustment factor (1.6072) and
1.7), the phaseout of the credit provided in section 45(e)(8)(B) does
not apply to refined coal sold during calendar year 2018. Further, for
electricity produced from closed-loop biomass, open-loop biomass,
geothermal energy, small irrigation power, municipal solid waste,
qualified hydropower production, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable
energy, the phaseout of the credit provided in section 45(b)(1) does
not apply to such electricity sold during calendar year 2018.
Credit Amount by Qualified Energy Resource and Facility and Refined
Coal: As required by section 45(b)(2), the 1.5 cent amount in section
45(a)(1), and the $4.375 amount in section 45(e)(8)(A) are each
adjusted by multiplying such amount by the inflation adjustment factor
for the calendar year in which the sale occurs. If any amount as
increased under the preceding sentence is not a multiple of 0.1 cent,
such amount is rounded to the nearest multiple of 0.1 cent. In the case
of electricity produced in open-loop biomass facilities, small
irrigation power facilities, landfill gas facilities, trash facilities,
qualified hydropower facilities, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable
energy facilities, section 45(b)(4)(A) requires the amount in effect
under section 45(a)(1) (before rounding to the nearest 0.1 cent) to be
reduced by one-half. Under the calculation required by section
45(b)(2), the credit for renewable electricity production for calendar
year 2018 under section 45(a) is 2.4 cents per kilowatt hour on the
sale of electricity produced from the qualified energy resources of
wind, closed-loop biomass, geothermal energy, and 1.2 cents per
kilowatt hour on the sale of electricity produced in open-loop biomass
facilities, small irrigation power facilities, landfill gas facilities,
trash facilities, qualified hydropower facilities, and marine and
hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities. Under the calculation
required by section 45(b)(2), the credit for refined coal production
for calendar year 2018 under section 45(e)(8)(A) is $7.03 per ton on
the sale of qualified refined coal.
Christopher T. Kelley,
Special Counsel, Passthroughs and Special Industries.
[FR Doc. 2018-08201 Filed 4-18-18; 8:45 am]
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