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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Jeff Hirsch [mailto:james.j.hirsch@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 24, 2016 4:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jeff Hirsch <Jeff.Hirsch@DOE2.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> eQUEST 3.65 and standalone DOE-2.2-48y approved as qualified software under 26 USC Section 179D for buuilding placed in service 1/1/2016 and later<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For those of you who have expressed interest or may be interested, the notice was posted today:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/qualified-software-calculating-commercial-building-tax-deductions" title="http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/qualified-software-calculating-commercial-building-tax-deductions">
http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/qualified-software-calculating-commercial-building-tax-deductions</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://doe2.com">http://doe2.com</a> website page were updated today as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We are working to also submit DOE-2.3 standalone. No plans for the refrigeration version at this time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Jeff Hirsch</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
James J. Hirsch & Associates<br>
12185 Presilla Road - Camarillo, CA 93012-9243 USA<br>
phone: (805) 553-9000 mobile: (805) 532-1045 fax: (805) 532-2401<br>
email: <a href="mailto:James.J.Hirsch@gmail.com">James.J.Hirsch@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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