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On July 1, 2025, the Senate passed One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President J.D. Vance casting a tiebreaker vote. Although the House of Representatives previously passed its own version of OBBB (see...more
New U.S. solar capacity will be more than 10% lower in 2030 than in 2025, according to a forecast by the Solar Energy Industries Association and energy research firm Wood Mackenzie. The outlook includes the expected effects...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 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Bill 1, officially titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). This budget reconciliation bill includes significant energy-related provisions that would...more
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed (by a vote of 215-214-1) its version of the budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act") containing numerous tax reform provisions. Below are our...more
On October 30 2024, the Labour government delivered their first Budget since 2010. The Budget introduced some key changes for the energy industry, including the Energy Profits Levy and Relief for payments made into a Carbon...more
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The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (H.R. 1892) (the “Act”) was enacted on February 9, 2018. The Act is a two-year budget agreement that includes a number of provisions extending lapsed renewable energy-related tax credits;...more
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