US industry players made a few public statements expressing their opinion on how the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) controls who qualifies to receive tax credits for producing low- or zero-carbon hydrogen and they have a point but so does The Treasury Department. Plug Power and Cummins’ Accelera are amongst those ones who have spoken on the matter and have said the proposed rules will dampen investment in clean hydrogen production plants as the new credit looks less generous than anticipated due to the nature of the rules. The proposed new rules for a federal tax credit meant to spur massive production of the cleanest forms of the elemental fuel look unhelpful to companies already trying to do that–and may…