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SECTION 5. APPLICATIONS FOR

Internal Revenue Bulletin 2013-46 · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States

ALLOCATION OF NATIONAL MEGAWATT CAPACITY LIMITATION

.01 A taxpayer must submit (in duplicate), for each facility for which an allocation of the national megawatt capacity limitation is requested, an application to the Service for an allocation under § 45J(b) (“application for § 45J allocation”).

.02 Multiple taxpayers owning (or treated as owning) a direct interest in a facility (as described in section 4.04(3) or 4.04(5) of this Notice) may file separate applications for a § 45J allocation with respect to a single facility. See Section 5.05 and Section 5.06 of this Notice. .03 Applications for § 45J allocation must be filed before February 1, 2014.

.04 The application for § 45J allocation must include all of the following:

(1) The name and taxpayer identification number of the taxpayer who will place the facility in service;

(2) The name and location of the facility; (3) The nameplate capacity of the facility;

(4) The date on which the application for a construction permit or a combined license for the facility was filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;

(5) A statement demonstrating that the facility is an “advanced nuclear facility” within the meaning of § 45J(d)(2); such statement should include when the reactor design for the facility was approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as well as a detailed explanation demonstrating that such design (or a substantially similar design of comparable capacity) had not been approved on or before December 31, 1993; and (6) The date on which construction on the facility, as defined in Section 4.02(1) of this Notice, began.

.05 If a taxpayer’s application relates to a facility in which more than one person owns (or is treated as owning) a direct interest (as described in section 4.04(3) or 4.04(5) of this Notice), the taxpayer must submit documentation of its undivided ownership share in the facility.

.06 If the facility is owned by an organization that has made a valid § 761(a) election, then, in addition to the documentation described in Section 5.05, any application pertaining to the facility must contain a copy of the valid § 761(a) election.

.07 Applications for § 45J allocation should be marked: SECTION 45J APPLICATION FOR ALLOCATION. There is no user fee for the § 45J application.

(1) The § 45J application should be sent to the following address:

Internal Revenue Service Attn: CC:PSI:6, Room 5114 P.O. Box 7604 Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044

If a private delivery service is used, the address is:

Internal Revenue Service Attn: CC:PSI:6, Room 5114 1111 Constitution Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20224

(2) The § 45J applications may also be hand delivered Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to:

Courier’s Desk Internal Revenue Service Attn: CC:PSI:6, Room 5114 1111 Constitution Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20224

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