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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
The US Department of Treasury and the IRS on May 16 released Notice 2024-41, which provides a new elective safe harbor that taxpayers may use to qualify for the domestic content bonus credit amount under Sections 45, 45Y, 48,...more
U.S. battery storage capacity is poised for a record year in 2024 with Texas and California continuing to lead the country in new additions, after installations reached a new record last quarter....more
On December 14, 2023, the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released proposed regulations to implement the Section 45X advanced manufacturing production credit established by the...more
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be conducting a regional environmental review of potential development activities on the five offshore wind lease areas off California’s central and north coasts....more
On December 14, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulation [REG-107423-23] to provide guidance on the manufacturing tax credit requirements under...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Dec. 14, 2023, released Proposed Regulations regarding the Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit of the Internal Revenue Code. (See Holland& Knight's previous...more
The Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service continue to issue guidance regarding the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which modified and extended the clean energy investment tax credit (ITC) under...more
On November 17, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Treasury Department (“Treasury”) issued Proposed Treasury Regulations (REG-132569-17) (the “Proposed Regulations”) providing guidance and amending...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”) breathed new life into the tax scheme for renewable energy projects, creating a new base tax credit with a series of adders that can significantly increase viability of projects...more
The low-income communities bonus credit (the LIC Bonus), which was introduced by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the IRA), provides an enhanced tax credit for certain wind and solar facilities located in designated...more
On June 20, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued an opinion and order, denying plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment in Alta Wind I Owner-Lessor C, et al. v. U.S. (Nos. 13-402, 13-917, 13-935, 13-972, 14-47, 14-93,...more
On May 31, 2023, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed rules that set forth application and eligibility criteria for the low-income communities bonus credit investment...more
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
The U.S. Department of the Treasury yesterday released Internal Revenue Service Notice 2023-17, Initial Guidance Establishing Program to Allocate Environmental Justice Solar and Wind Capacity Limitation under Internal Revenue...more
Inflation Reduction Act Is Now Law – Rollout Begins - Following months of intense closed-door negotiations, Democrats successfully advanced significant portions of their energy and climate agenda with the passage and...more
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
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
Since the beginning of his presidential campaign, President Joe Biden has made clear his vision to drive the United States toward world leadership in green energy. With tax policy long an important tool in the toolbox for...more
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
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
A letter issued by the Office of Legislative Affairs at the Department of the Treasury Thursday suggests that some relief is on the way for a renewables industry that has been battered by the COVID-19 crisis and has expressed...more
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
Renewable Energy Focus - Representatives introduce Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2015 - North American Windpower - - Dec 4 U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif., have...more
Renewable Energy Focus: Governor Brown signs climate-change bill that calls for more renewable energy and energy efficiency: OC Register - Oct 7: California Governor Jerry Brown has signed SB350, an ambitious bill...more