Energy Tax Credit Changes For 2025
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Energy Tax Credit Changes For 2025The coming shakeup of the executive branch, along with Republican control of both houses of Congress, means tax changes are highly likely in 2025 and beyond. Positioning for new and amended tax provisions is already off to the races.

Regardless of the political landscape, on rare occasions, some measures have broad bipartisan support. One such bill is called the Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act. It proposes adding a new credit for sequestering “qualified” methane from mining activities.

Looking Ahead Into 2025

Proponents of the Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act hope the tax credit will have a beneficial economic impact and create jobs. The idea is to capture and utilize the methane for productive industrial uses or as an alternative for heating buildings. The methane emitted by mines that qualify have long lifespans, with some abandoned mines emitting methane for up to 100 years. The long lifespan of the methane source is hoped to support the significant capital investment required to get the process up and running.

There is also significant potential for job creation in areas most impacted by the shutdown of coal-fired power plants, which in turn devastated the coal mining industry. The concept of using mine methane as an energy source could support rural American jobs.

Landscape and Potential for the Credit

There is a lot of mine methane to capture, with most not currently being captured. The U.S. government estimates abandoned coal mines produce about 237,000 metric tons annually. This methane has many potential uses, including hydrogen production.

Details on the New Subsection

The new section of 45Q credits would be based on the quantity of qualified methane that is sequestered. The captured methane must then be sent to the pipeline and used for producing heat or electricity. To be considered “qualified methane,” it must be captured from certain types of mines, including closed, abandoned, and surface mines. Finally, the methane captured must have otherwise been sent into the atmosphere if it had not been for the capture equipment activity.

Only qualified facilities may obtain the credit. Among other factors, the taxpayer needs to capture a minimum of 2,500 metric tons of methane each year to qualify. There are a lot more technical regulatory requirements related to the specific nature of the methane capture, but those are beyond the scope of this article.

Conclusion

Typically, tax bills are split down the aisle based on political partisanship. This makes the passage of tax legislation difficult at best, due to competing interests and a divided government. The tax credits related to methane capture, however, appear to be unusually bipartisan in nature. This is due to the unique intersection of democratic support from an environmental and climate perspective, meeting with Republican interest to support economic development in rural coal mining areas where the industry has been devastated. Put these two interests together, and you have the makings for a widely supported bipartisan bill that is very likely to pass.

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