Solicitors General Insights: The Legal Frontlines in Iowa and Indiana — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Navigating Renewable Energy: Insights from the ACP Siting and Permitting Conference - Energy Law Insights
A Voltage Voyage With Danielle Spalding, Cirba Solutions — Battery + Storage Podcast
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 19 - Power Struggles: Federal vs. State Authority in Energy Law
What's the Buzz in the Battery World With Roger Miksad, BCI – Battery + Storage Podcast
AGG Talks: Development Podcast Series - Episode 1: Powering Georgia: Energy Resilience, Data Centers, and Clean Innovation
Emerging Risks & Opportunities: Navigating Environmental & Sustainability Regulations During the First 100 Days
Hilary Preston, Vice Chair at Vinson & Elkins, Discusses Energy Innovation: Protecting Your Intellectual Property Portfolio
2025 Oil Market Outlook: What OPEC, U.S. Shale, and Natural Gas Trends Mean for the Year Ahead
Podcast - Gestión del gobierno en el sector de energía: Una mirada desde los entes de control
Election Roundup: How a Trump Administration Could Shape the Oil and Gas Landscape
Business Better Podcast Episode: Sustainability Spotlight – A Conversation with Vicinity Energy
Building Out Energy Storage Facilities Across the US With Jason Burwen, GridStor — Battery + Storage Podcast
Navigating Power Allocation and Customer Choice in a Regulated Landscape - Energy Law Insights
Podcast - Eficiencia Energética
The Consequences Of Rising Inflation & Crude Oil Prices
The Nexus of Transmission and Storage: A Conversation With American Transmission Company GC and Executive VP Bill Marsan - Battery + Storage Podcast
Interview With Mikhail Nikomarov, Bushveld Energy Co-Founder and CEO - Battery + Storage Podcast
A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities
Building New York’s Renewable Energy Future
On July 4, 2025, the President signed into law Public Law 119-21 (the “Act”). For individuals, the Act makes the tax rate cuts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“2017 TCJA”) permanent, and modifies and introduces additional...more
The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) released a Request for Information late Friday seeking “expressions of interest from potential project developers who believe that they can (1) meet the...more
The IRS on July 21, 2025, released Notice 2025-37, announcing the inflation-adjusted credit amounts for calendar year 2025 applicable to tax credits available under Internal Revenue Code Sections 45U, 45V and 45Z, which were...more
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) (P.L. 119-21), which includes a number of tax law changes that directly impact the energy industry. A significant number of the...more
On July 3, 2025, the House approved the Senate’s legislative text (the “Senate Legislative Version”) for the budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) without any changes. Thus, the final...more
President Trump last week signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”). The Act made a number of changes to the clean electricity production credit under Section 45Y of the Internal Revenue Code (the “PTC”), the...more
On July 7, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources.” The EO directs the U.S. Department of the Treasury to issue new...more
President Trump yesterday issued an executive order, “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources” (the “Executive Order”), which could have a major impact on wind and solar energy...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) has a significant impact on the renewable energy sector, particularly with changes in the phase-out schedules for wind and solar projects under Section 45Y and 48E, as well as the nuances...more
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act into law, which scales back renewable energy tax provisions. The final bill did, however, contain more favorable renewable energy tax provisions...more
On July 3, 2025, Congress approved a version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the Bill), which significantly impacts the energy tax credits enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). President Trump held a...more
Wind and solar projects placed in service after 2027 would not be eligible for the clean electricity production or investment credit unless construction starts within one year of the date of enactment of the legislation....more
After weeks of negotiations and multiple rounds of changes and political negotiation, Congress today passed The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”). The Act makes a number of significant changes to the tax credits...more
Wind and solar projects placed in service after 2027 would not be eligible for the clean electricity production or investment credit, and a new excise tax of up to 50% for wind and 30% for solar would be imposed on wind and...more
On May 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of H.R. 1—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Bill) — by a vote of 215-214. The House-passed version of the bill, slated to be considered by the Senate...more
On May 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced that it “removed barriers to domestic bioenergy production by updating its 45ZCF-GREET modeling tool to account for new...more
The IRS on May 23, 2025, released 2025 production tax credit (PTC) amounts under Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code. The guidance provides that: Section 45 allows a renewable energy PTC for generating electricity from...more
On May 22, 2025 the House of Representatives, by a vote of 215-214 (no Democrats supporting), passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBB”) which includes manager’s amendment changes from the version passed by the Ways and...more
The Energy Marketers of America (formerly, Petroleum Marketers Association of America) (“EMA”) submitted April 10th comments to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) addressing its: …notice of intent to propose regulations...more
The energy storage industry has continued to progress over the course of 2024 and into 2025, buoyed in significant part by the federal income tax benefits in the form of tax credits enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act...more
Overview - Among its energy policy priorities, early executive orders, and other actions, the Trump administration has reinforced its commitment to expanding the U.S. biofuels sector, which typically has strong bipartisan...more
We are pleased to share the January 2025 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more
Renewable energy developers should be aware of the proposed legislation in Texas that, if passed, will significantly impact existing wind and solar facilities as well as development-stage projects. Senate Bill 819 (SB 819)...more
The final regulations adopt the general framework established in the proposed regulations issued in December 2023, but with several significant modifications....more
On January 3, 2025, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") issued final regulations for the clean hydrogen production tax credit ("PTC") under § 45V of the Internal Revenue...more