4 Key Takeaways | Harnessing the Inflation Reduction Act: Driving Investments in Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction
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Renewable Natural Gas – The Next Frontier
The Challenges and Opportunities of Interconnection and Transmission of Renewable Energy
Tax Issues for Co-location of Energy Storage with Solar or Wind
Monetizing Opportunities in Energy Storage in a Post-IRA World
Optimizing Investments in Energy Storage
Value Creation in the Transferable Tax Market
On August 15, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) released new guidance on the “beginning of construction” for wind and solar facilities under the clean electricity...more
On August 15, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2025-42, providing long-awaited guidance on the “beginning of construction” requirements for wind and solar facilities under Sections 45Y and 48E of the...more
Treasury and the IRS today released guidance, Notice 2025-42 (the “Notice”), regarding what constitutes beginning of construction for solar and wind energy projects with respect to the production tax credit under Section 45Y...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Dec. 12, 2024, issued Final Regulations regarding the investment tax credit (ITC) for Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code, including the ITC for energy generation, energy...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released final regulations for the energy investment tax credit (ITC) under Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code, which was...more
State and local governments undertaking clean energy projects may be eligible for cash payments equal to the renewable electricity production tax credit or energy investment tax credit that would have been available to a...more
The trajectory of the hydrogen sector in the United States hinges on a critical question: what criteria will be used to define the term “clean hydrogen” for tax purposes? As previously outlined in our Field Guide to Clean...more
Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) provides for an investment tax credit (“ITC”) for certain energy property. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) amended Section 48 in several...more
On November 17, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued proposed regulations [REG-132569-17] regarding the definition of “energy property” and related rules...more
On Aug. 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the $750 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. Originally introduced as the Build Back Better Act in September of 2021, this cornerstone of the Biden legislative agenda...more
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (HR 5376) (the Act) into law on August 16, 2022. This update provides a high level overview of the Act’s incentives for the energy sector. We have published a...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, passed by the Senate on August 7, 2022, includes a number of provisions projected to result in significant investments in domestic energy production and manufacturing, and reduce carbon...more
Good news came for renewable energy developers on June 29, 2021, when the IRS issued Notice 2021-41. The notice gives developers more time to finish projects and makes it easier to prove that they began construction on a...more
In February 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-12, which provides long-awaited guidance on when a “qualified facility” or carbon capture equipment, in each case within the meaning of section 45Q, is considered to have “begun...more
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Proposed Regulations for carbon sequestration tax credits—under Section 45Q—addressing recapture risk and the availability of the credit when carbon is...more
On May 27, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-41, which provides much needed COVID-19-related relief from workforce and supply chain issues impacting the renewable energy industry. The Notice provides the following: ..For PTC...more
On May 27, 2020, the US Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Notice 2020-41 (the “Notice”), updating the IRS guidance on the start-of-construction rules for the production tax credit (“PTC”) and energy investment tax...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released Notice 2020-41 (the Notice), providing important relief with respect to the beginning-of-construction requirement for the production tax credit (PTC) and the investment tax...more
IRS Notice 2020-41 provides relief for renewable energy projects that began construction in 2016 or 2017 by extending the “continuity safe harbor” to a five-year period....more
On May 27, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2020-41 to provide relief to taxpayers facing delays to their renewable energy projects....more
Background - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt project development timelines generally, solar and wind projects that rely on federal income tax credits to obtain financing are particularly sensitive to...more
In Private Letter Ruling 201946007, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allowed a tax equity investor to participate with a regulated utility in a tax equity financing arrangement for wind investments without being subject to...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued recent guidance regarding construction of commercial solar energy properties and other qualified energy properties for purposes of claiming the Investment Tax Credit (ITC), the key...more
Latest guidance extends “continuity safe harbor” to four years and includes other taxpayer-friendly modifications and clarifications to existing guidance. On May 5, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued...more