Spring 2023 Solar Industry Update
New Guidance on the Energy Communities Bonus
Energy Communities Bonus Credit Program: a 10% increase to the Investment or Production Tax Credits (ITC/PTC) to brownfields, fossil
fuel communities with high unemployment, and coal closure communities. Treasury released guidance on April 4th, including releasing a
map hosted by the Interagency Working Group on Coal & Power Plant Communities & Economic Revitalization, DOE and IRS.
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Washington
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Oregon
Sacramento
San Francisco
Fresno
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Great Besin
Los Angeles
San Diego
Rocky Mounta
Salt Lake
is Vegas
Colorado
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Phoenix
Tucson
Hermosillo
Sierra Madre Occident
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Kansas
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Oklahoma
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El Paso
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Buffalo
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Montreal
Maine
Appalachian Mountains
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Richmond
Virginia o
Norfolk
Charlotte
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Carolina
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Alauama
Georgia
Louisiana
Florida
New Orleans
Houston
San Antonio o
Monterrey
Gulf of
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Jacksonville
Tampa
Miami
Providence
Coal Closure Community
Adjacent to a Coal Closure
Community
Metropolitan or Non-Metropolitan
Statistics Areas that meet the Fossil
Fuel Employment Threshold
*Unemployment rates from 2022 are
not yet available, so the areas are
not yet confirmed as energy
communities.*
Not depicted:
Brownfields
Fossil fuel communities as
determined based on tax revenue.View entire presentation