A commercial customer of ours, who is an attorney, investigated this at length with the IRS because he was pursuing the 30% in form of a grant. The wording he got back was that if the batteries were 100% charged by solar then yes. So if you can prove that the PV generates more annual energy than that needed to charge and keep the batteries charged, that battery charging is the priority, and only excess energy is sent to other loads and the grid, then maybe that's compliant? At this point I think I'm supposed to say that I'm an engineer and not qualified to be giving tax advice. Hope this helps some.
Jeff Irish, PE Hudson Valley Clean Energy and Adirondack Solar ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dana Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:06 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] tax credit on batteries All my OG clients have taken the 30% fed and no issues here. Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc E - [email protected] V - 970.626.5253 F - 970.626.4140 C - 970.209.4076 web - www.solarwork.com "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" Do not ever believe anything, but seriously trust through action. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hill Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:44 PM To: RE-wrenches RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] tax credit on batteries Can anyone tell me if batteries are covered by the federal tax credit? Thanks. Jonathan Hill, senior system design engineer Sierra Solar Systems 563C Idaho Maryland Road Grass Valley, CA 95945 Celebrating our 30th year in solar! tech info and foreign orders: (530) 273-6754 order line: (888) ON-SOLAR (US only) FAX: (530) 273-1760 e-mail: <mailto:[email protected]> world wide web: <http://www.sierrasolar.com> Check out our 2 minute video at: http://www.sierrasolar.com/articles.php?article_id=42 [cid:677025320@14042011-0FB1]
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