The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4, 2025, provides for enhanced restrictions on entities claiming many of the renewable energy credits established under the Inflation...more
7/22/2025
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On July 4, 2025, the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (the Act) was enacted. Several provisions of the Act will impact renewable energy projects and the tax credits generated by such projects. Such provisions include the...more
7/18/2025
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On July 7, 2025, President Trump signed the executive order “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources.” The EO directs the Secretary of the Treasury to “strictly enforce” the...more
7/9/2025
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On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed a version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that differed significantly from the version previously passed on May 22 by the U.S. House of Representatives as H.R. 1. Front of mind for...more
7/7/2025
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On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed its version of The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Act, the massive budget bill that contains significant provisions affecting tax credits for renewable energy project development. After...more
7/3/2025
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Under the Senate Finance Committee’s June 28th version of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill (the “Bill”), there are several limitations and requirements that would take effect based on the date a project begins construction. For...more
7/1/2025
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Over the weekend, the Senate released a revised draft of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, containing important revisions to clean energy tax credits and that, if passed, will impact the entire renewables industry. With this...more
7/1/2025
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On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its version of the “One, Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) that would create a steep phase-out of renewable energy tax credits—notably, renewable energy companies would have to...more
6/19/2025
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On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its version of the “One, Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) that would create a steep phase-out of renewable energy tax credits—notably, renewable energy companies would have to...more
6/18/2025
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On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a new version of H.R. 1, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that would effectively repeal the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA’s) clean energy tax credits almost...more
5/27/2025
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Lately, elected representatives on both sides of the aisle have been displaying an appetite for expanding transferable tax credits to a broader variety of industries. This is evidenced by the recent profusion of proposed...more
On May 14, 2025, the Ways & Means Committee of the House of Representatives released much-anticipated draft tax legislation from committee markup. Although tax considerations are only one part of the so-called “Big Beautiful...more