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Navigating the Inflation Reduction Act: Insights on Brownfield Energy Community Credits - Energy Law Insights

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Join Troutman Pepper Locke Partners Karlie Webb and Ben Cowan as they delve into the complexities of the Inflation Reduction Act, focusing on the Brownfield Energy Community credits. This discussion covers the statutory...more

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Will Treasury Use Energy Tax Credits to Assist PFAS-Impacted Communities?

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Proposed tax regulations to be released this year may clarify whether agricultural land contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) qualify for a federal tax credit that would incentivize renewable energy...more

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The Inflation Reduction Act’s Brownfields Adder: Updates on What Sites Qualify

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As detailed previously, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offers incentives to renewable energy development that takes place on certain properties that are affected by potential or confirmed contamination. Under the IRA, a...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

How Brown is Brown Enough? An Update on the IRA ITC Adder for Brownfield Sites

It is now almost 18 months since Congress enacted the Inflation Reduction Act. One of the IRA’s provisions was an adder to the ITC for renewable energy projects located in an “energy community”. One way to be in an energy...more

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This is NOT a drill! EPA is going to require billions of dollars of PFAS remediation in many places, including at already "closed"...

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Yesterday, I spoke with Sarah Mattalian, an Inside EPA reporter writing a story about the suggestion by an EPA official that EPA might require additional PFAS investigations and clean up at properties that had already been...more

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IRS guidance on energy community PTC and ITC bonus credits provides some needed clarity

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On April 4, 2023, the IRS and the Treasury issued Notice 2023-29 (the “Notice”) announcing an intention to propose regulations, and providing interim guidance, with respect to the requirements that taxpayers must satisfy in...more

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What is an “Energy Community” - IRS Provides Guidance on Key Aspect of the Inflation Reduction Act

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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been called the most aggressive climate investment ever undertaken by the U.S. Congress. With approximately $370 billion dollars in funding over the next 10 years, it is projected that...more

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With a Push for Green, It Can Pay to Be Brown: Qualifying for the Inflation Reduction Act’s Brownfields Incentives and the...

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Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which went into effect in January, it can pay to be a brownfield – a term used to refer to a property that is affected by potential or confirmed contamination. Specifically, the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Treasury Updates Guidance Issued Last Week on 'Energy Community' Tax Credit Adders

Summary - On April 4, 2023, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance on the “energy community” tax credit adders (EC Adders) that were added under the Inflation Reduction Act...more

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IRS releases Notice 2023-29 on energy community rules

On April 4, 2023, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2023-29(the Notice) to provide additional guidance on energy community bonus tax credits under IRC sections 45, 45Y,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

IRA: Energy Communities and Brownfields Tax Guidance: What Companies Need To Know

Initial guidance for the bonus credit amount for renewable energy projects located in “energy communities” answers numerous questions about how to prove a project qualifies for extra tax credits. The guidance—which is in...more

Paul Hastings LLP

IRS Guidance Issued on Energy Community Bonus Credit

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) added and modified certain renewable energy tax credit provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).[1] The IRA additions included a new energy...more

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Treasury Issues IRA Guidance on Energy Communities

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On April 4, 2023, the Department of Treasury (the “Treasury”) and Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Notice 2023-29 (the “Notice”) providing guidance on the energy community bonus credit available under sections 45,...more

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IRA's Energy Community Tax Credit ‘Adder’: IRS Releases Taxpayer-Favorable Guidance

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The highly anticipated guidance for determining a “green” energy facility’s eligibility for the potentially valuable tax credit increase largely aligns with industry expectations, including by providing certainty on energy...more

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Ten Environmental and Energy Issues to Watch in 2023

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What will happen in the environmental and energy space in 2023? The last year saw transformative changes in the environmental and energy space in the form of historic spending through the federal Inflation Reduction Act, a...more

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EPA's Environmental Justice Efforts Moving Beyond Regulatory Structures and Into Programming

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As we move toward two full years of the Biden Administration, we can see the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) environmental justice (EJ) efforts move from the creation of new offices and guidance materials toward...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

It’s Good to Be a Brownfield Site — As Long As It’s Not Too Brown

Tucked away in the recesses of the Inflation Reduction Act is a provision that reminds everyone why they love Superfund so much. On its face, it’s simply an incentive for renewable energy development, giving an adder to the...more

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