The Business Council for Sustainable Energy advocates for policies that support a diverse portfolio of energy options in the United States and ensure access to affordable, reliable, and clean energy solutions.
Improving American competitiveness through durable energy tax policies
The Business Council for Sustainable Energy supports policies that unleash our country’s affordable and reliable energy resources and provide for American prosperity. America needs a broad portfolio of energy solutions – including those in the energy efficiency, renewable energy, and natural gas sectors – to drive a sustainable, vibrant, and efficient U.S. economy.
BCSE supports tax policy as a market-based tool to create signals to invest in efficient and modern energy products and services. These are crucial to meeting growing energy needs, leveraging private sector dollars, and deploying demand- and supply-side solutions that keep energy costs down.
Maintaining the full set of existing energy tax credits
Supporting vital technologies for the full eligibility period of up to 10 years
Leveraging private sector investment
Market-based policies that create signals to invest in efficient and modern energy products and services
Wide-scale deployment of energy solutions
Supporting industries that are onshoring manufacturing and supply chains while creating millions of jobs
During the Trump Administration and 119th Congress, BCSE has maintained its advocacy for the full suite of existing energy tax credits. These credits are the basis for significant manufacturing investment and jobs in the United States, promoting greater efficiency, growth in energy production and the delivery of the capacity needed to keep our country at the leading edge of global energy innovation.
Since August 2022, these energy tax credits have spurred:
- 406,000+ new energy jobs across 48 states and Puerto Rico.
- 260+ new manufacturing facilities.
- $133 billion+ invested in private sector solar, wind, storage, clean vehicle, and grid/electrification projects.
BCSE has made numerous submissions to shape the design and implementation of the tax incentives funded by recent federal legislation. Relevant policy actions, including program comments and responses to Requests for Information, can be found below.
Related Policy Actions
- BCSE and CEBN Business Sign-On Letter to Congressional Leadership Supporting Energy Tax Credits (April 29, 2025)
- Tax Policy Recommendations Submitted to the House Committee on Ways and Means (February 6, 2025)
- BCSE and CEBN Thank You Letters to Republican Members of the House Climate Solutions Caucus for IRA Support (August 26, 2024)
- Comments on Section 45Y Clean Electricity Production Credit and Section 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (August 2, 2024)
- Comments on Proposed Regulations Related to the Implementation Guidance for the Domestic Content Bonus Credit (July 15, 2024)
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- Comments on Proposed Rule Related to the Section 48V Investment Tax Credit’s Definition and Treatment of Biogas Property (March 21, 2024)
- Comments on Proposed Regulations Related to the Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit under the Inflation Reduction Act (February 26, 2024)
- Comments on Proposed Regulations Related to the Section 45X Clean Manufacturing Production Tax Credit under the Inflation Reduction Act (February 13, 2024)
- Comments on Proposed Regulations Related to the Section 48 Investment Tax Credit under the Inflation Reduction Act (January 22, 2024)
- Comments on Proposed Regulations Related to Elective Payment of Applicable Tax Credits Under the Inflation Reduction Act (August 14, 2023)
- Comments on Proposed Regulations Related to the Transfer of Credits Under the Inflation Reduction Act (August 14, 2023)
- Letter to Treasury Department on Domestic Content Interim Guidance (August 14, 2023)
- BCSE and CEBN Letter to Congressional Leadership on Protecting IRA and IIJA Investments in Debt Ceiling Negotiations (May 12, 2023)
- Comments in Response to the EPA RFI on the Implementation Framework for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (May 12, 2023)
- Comments on the Credit for Carbon Oxide Sequestration (April 11, 2023)
- Supplemental Comments in Response to IRS Notice 2022-49, Clean Energy Generation Incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (December 21, 2022)
- Supplemental Comments in Response to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2022-49 (December 16, 2022)
- Comments on the Design and Implementation of the 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit (December 8, 2022)
- Comments on Department of Treasury and IRS Notice 2022-48, Incentive Provisions for Improving the Energy Efficiency of Residential and Commercial Buildings (December 7, 2022)
- Comments in Response to the Environmental Protection Agency RFI on the Design and Implementation of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (December 5, 2022)
- Comments on Department of Treasury and IRS Notice 2022-49, Clean Energy Generation Incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (November 4, 2022)
- Comments on Department of Treasury and IRS Notice 2022-51, Prevailing Wage, Apprenticeship, Domestic Content, and Energy Communities Requirements (November 4, 2022)
- Comments in Response to the General Services Administration’s Federal Buy Clean RFI: Construction Materials with Substantially Lower Embodied Carbon (November 3, 2022)
BCSE Tax Policy Resources
2025 Tax Policy Recommendations
Tax Policy News
Market Trends & Factbook
The 2025 edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook provides up-to-date, accurate market intelligence about the broad range of industries that are contributing to the country’s move toward more efficient energy usage and cleaner energy production.