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Eyes on Energy Tax Update: Second Quarter 2024

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Eyes on Energy Tax Update is a regular publication of the Holland & Knight Renewable and Alternative Energy Tax Team that provides highlights of important developments. The Renewable and Alternative Energy Tax Team also...more

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Navigating the new elective safe harbor for the Domestic Content Bonus Tax Credit

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The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have issued a new safe harbor that will make it easier for U.S. solar, onshore wind and battery storage projects with U.S.-sourced components to qualify for...more

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Treasury and IRS Issue Additional Domestic Content Guidance Under IRA and New Elective Safe Harbor

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On May 16, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-41, which modifies Notice 2023-38 (Prior Guidance) by expanding the list of Applicable Projects (defined below) to...more

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Domestic Content Safe Harbor Released

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On May 16, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Notice 2024-41 (the “Notice”), which provides supplemental guidance on the domestic content bonus credit...more

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Treasury Provides New Safe Harbor for Domestic Content Bonus Credit

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) today released Notice 2024-41, Domestic Content Bonus Credit Amounts under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: Expansion of Applicable Projects for Safe Harbor in Notice 2023-38...more

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Enabling REITs to Deploy Renewable Energy: Toward a Workable Legal Standard

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When Treasury promulgated Treasury Decision 9784, I.R.B 2016-39 nearly a decade ago, the net metering renewable energy safe harbor (Section XI “Renewable Energy”, Subsection A) was welcome guidance that was fit for the time...more

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Eyes on Energy Tax Update: Second Quarter 2023

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The second quarter of 2023 saw continued developments as a result of the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), court activity and announcements from federal agencies. Below, we summarize the updates you need...more

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IRS guidance on energy community PTC and ITC bonus credits provides some needed clarity

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On April 4, 2023, the IRS and the Treasury issued Notice 2023-29 (the “Notice”) announcing an intention to propose regulations, and providing interim guidance, with respect to the requirements that taxpayers must satisfy in...more

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Break Out Your Calculator: IRS Releases Domestic Content Bonus Credit Guidance

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Following the release of energy community bonus credit and low-income community bonus credit guidance, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS recently provided taxpayers with the domestic content bonus credit guidance....more

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IRS extends continuity safe harbor for renewable energy projects

On June 29, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-41, which provides a further extension of the continuity safe harbor and revises the “facts and circumstances” rules: ..For PTC and ITC-eligible projects for which...more

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IRS Extends Continuity Safe Harbor For ITC And PTC Projects

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Renewable energy developers breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday when the Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury issued guidance extending the safe harbor for wind and solar projects to qualify for the...more

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Solar Energy Facilities/Interconnection Tax: Supreme Court of Rhode Island Addresses Challenge to Imposition of Public Utility...

The Supreme Court of Rhode Island (“Court”) addressed in a June 1st opinion a challenge to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission’s (“PUC”) imposition of a tax as it related to companies that produce and distribute wind...more

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Carbon Capture, Use, and Sequestration: Proposed Regulations Enable Taxpayers to Accelerate Projects

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Proposed Regulations for carbon sequestration tax credits—under Section 45Q—addressing recapture risk and the availability of the credit when carbon is...more

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IRS Extends Continuity Safe Harbor for Renewable Energy Projects

The IRS issues anticipated guidance providing relief to developers facing delays related to COVID-19. Delayed renewable energy projects that began construction in 2016 and 2017 will now have an additional year to qualify...more

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Treasury Extends Tax Credit Safe Harbors For Wind And Solar Projects

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IRS releases COVID-19 related relief for renewable energy facilities currently under construction As promised on May 7, 2020, the Treasury Department and the IRS have released Notice 2020-41, which makes two key changes to...more

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Good News is Coming for Wind and Solar Projects: Potential Extension of the Construction Safe Harbor Period is Expected

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In a letter addressed to Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Treasury indicates its intention to revise the rules governing the deadline for construction of wind and solar projects to qualify...more

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Got ITCs? How to Start Construction on Your Solar Project (Pre-IRS Guidance)

Solar developers are getting antsy about what is needed to show that they started construction on their 2020 (or later) projects by the end of 2019. The answer is not clear in the absence of solar-specific guidance from...more

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