Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates - September 2021

Energy & Sustainability Washington Updates - September 2021

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act


As reported in our previous Washington Updates, months of negotiation and a great deal of compromise between the White House and bipartisan negotiators on Capitol Hill resulted in a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure agreement, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). You can find that report by clicking HERE where you will read more about how the legislation impacts energy and sustainability.


Last month the Senate approved the IIJA in a bipartisan vote of 69-32, sending it to the House of Representatives. $550 billion of the funding is new spending including $110 billion for roads, $66 billion for rail, $73 billion for power infrastructure, $65 billion for broadband, $55 billion for water infrastructure, $50 billion for resiliency measures (including cybersecurity), $25 billion for airports, $17 billion for ports and waterways, $11 billion for safety, and $15 billion for low-carbon, zero-emission, and electric vehicles.


Speaker Pelosi has said the IIJA will receive a House vote no later than September 27 as part of Democrats’ plan to move the infrastructure bill in tandem with a much larger “human infrastructure” bill – the Build Back Better Act – through the budget reconciliation process which allows the Senate to forego the 60 vote threshold and pass legislation with only 51 votes.


Build Back Better Act


As we quickly approach the September 27 deadline the House committees of jurisdiction have been aggressively moving to develop their legislative text for the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill.


The House Ways and Means Committee has released their proposed legislative text for tax matters, including an expansive title on Green Energy. As proposed, the green energy language extends through 2031, with phase downs, the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for landfill gas, municipal solid waste, qualified hydropower, marine and kinetic renewable energy fac ..

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