Last Wednesday night, after weeks of negotiations, US Senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer reached a deal on an energy and healthcare bill titled the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”). The Act includes extensive...more
8/4/2022
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Renewable Energy ,
Tax Incentives
On the night of September 10, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee (the “Committee”) released legislative text covering a range of green energy tax incentives (the “Bill”) that it hopes will be enacted through the budget...more
9/14/2021
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Renewable Energy ,
Tax Incentives
Section 30D of the US Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) provides business and individual taxpayers that purchase new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles (“EVs”), including passenger vehicles and light trucks, with a...more
On May 28, 2021, the Biden administration (the “Administration”) released its FY2022 budget (the “Budget”), which includes proposed investments related to infrastructure, clean energy and research and development. Alongside...more
6/2/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Corporate Taxes ,
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Natural Resources ,
Oil & Gas ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Reform ,
Wind Power ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
Over the past number of weeks, a variety of legislative proposals, from both sides of the aisle, have been released that, if enacted, could drastically impact the US energy industry and, in many cases, the taxation of energy...more
4/28/2021
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Oil & Gas ,
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Tax Liability ,
Transportation Corridor ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
Over the past number of weeks, a variety of legislative proposals, from both sides of the aisle, have been released that, if enacted, could drastically impact the US energy industry and, in many cases, the taxation of energy...more
4/28/2021
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Davis-Bacon Act ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Energy Policy ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Fuel Standards ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Infrastructure ,
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Oil & Gas ,
Outer Continental Shelf ,
Pollution Control ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Incentives ,
Tax Planning ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
On March 17, 2021, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and U.S. Representatives Marc Veasey (D-Texas) and David McKinley (R-W.Va.) introduced the Storing CO2 And Lowering Emissions (SCALE) Act. ...more
3/19/2021
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Energy Policy ,
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Oil & Gas ,
Power Infrastructure ,
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Storage Contracts ,
Tax Credits ,
Underground Injection Wells