August 6, 2021
ESA Statement on Infrastructure Legislation
“We commend the U.S. Senate for coming together to pass bipartisan infrastructure legislation that supports clean energy growth,” said ESA Interim CEO Jason Burwen. “ESA advocated for a number of the provisions included in the bill passed today, which will boost U.S. storage technology manufacturing, increase investments in energy storage and other resilience solutions, and accelerate next-generation storage technologies. However, without the demand-driven approach to energy storage recommended by the Administration, these efforts will be limited in producing the long-term job creation, economic growth, and climate mitigation envisioned in President Biden’s American Jobs Plan. As an investment tax credit (ITC) for stand-alone energy storage was not included in this legislation, ESA calls on members of the Senate and House to match its bipartisan infrastructure legislation with the storage ITC in future legislation. Demand-driven strategies will accelerate storage deployments to the pace needed to meet the climate crisis, decarbonizing our power system and making it resilient to extreme weather that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports will become more intense and frequent. We are committed to seeing the storage ITC, which has bipartisan backing in both chambers of Congress as well as support from the White House, included as part of forthcoming legislation.”
