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DEEP Issues Draft Request for Proposals from Private Developers of Zero Carbon Energy Using Onshore Wind, Solar and Co-located...

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On August 21, 2025, the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) released an expedited draft Request for Proposals (RFP). The RFP seeks submissions from project developers for new, advanced-stage...more

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Renewable Energy Update 8.22.25

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on August 15 issued new rules that would restrict the ability of wind and solar companies to claim federal tax credits, a move that could hinder numerous renewable energy projects under...more

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Inflation Reduction Act Domestic Content Bonus Update: IRS Issues Updated Guidance with First Updated Elective Safe Harbor

On January 16, 2025, the IRS released Notice 2025-08, modifying its prior guidance issued as Notice 2023-38 and Notice 2024-41, for taxpayers seeking to qualify for the domestic content bonus tax credit amounts under the...more

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Renewable Energy Update 11.22.24

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Direct-pay eligible entities like local governments, public school districts, churches, and hospitals will now more easily be able to jointly invest in clean energy projects, according to final regulations released by the...more

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Renewable Energy Update 5.07.24

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Governor Gavin Newsom said on April 25 that California continued to rapidly add the battery storage that is crucial to the transition to cleaner energy, but admitted it was still not enough to avoid blackouts during heat...more

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[Webinar] Preparing for Clean Energy Tax Credit Transfer Transactions - May 1st, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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Project developers in the EV, solar, wind, battery, CCUS, hydrogen, biofuels, and energy efficiency markets have been blessed by the IRS with the ability to transfer tax credits directly to willing buyers. Tax equity...more

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Maximizing Tax Credits by Installing Solar at LIHTC Projects

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The increased interest in installing solar at affordable housing projects is not surprising given that the IRC Section 48 energy investment tax credit (ITC) could subsidize as much as 70 percent of the cost and the Inflation...more

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Renewable Energy Update 3.07.24

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS have released final rules on Inflation Reduction Act provisions that aim to expand the reach of the clean energy tax credits. The Act created the new elective pay and...more

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IRS and Treasury Issue Section 48 Investment Tax Credit Proposed Regulations

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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

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IRS Releases Long-Awaited Updates to Investment Tax Credit Regulations

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Late last week, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and Department of the Treasury released the long-awaited proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) relating to investment tax credits under Section 48 of the Code...more

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IRS Releases New Proposed Rules for the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit for the Investment Tax Credit

On May 31, 2023, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed rules that set forth application and eligibility criteria for the low-income communities bonus credit investment...more

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Break Out Your Calculator: IRS Releases Domestic Content Bonus Credit Guidance

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Following the release of energy community bonus credit and low-income community bonus credit guidance, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS recently provided taxpayers with the domestic content bonus credit guidance....more

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H2ypothetical - Clean Electricity Credits

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On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act). The Act includes multiple tax benefits for hydrogen production, storage and utilization, summarized in the following King & Spalding...more

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Renewable Energy Update - July 2021

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IRS extends safe harbor provisions for renewable energy projects impacted by COVID-19 - Renewables Now – June 30 - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has granted extra time to renewable energy projects impacted by the...more

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Are Investment Tax Credit Changes in Store for Energy Storage?

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The US energy storage industry is experiencing rapid growth, with approximately 3.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy storage installed in 2020, which is greater than the aggregate 3.1 GWh of energy storage installed from 2013...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Will Energy Storage See Federal Support Under the Biden Administration?

Efforts to introduce investment tax credit (ITC) incentives to support and accelerate the deployment of energy storage in the United States are gaining traction in Congress and the Biden Administration....more

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Proposed Legislative Extension of Investment Tax Credits for Energy ‎Storage Technologies

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On March 9, 2021, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers introduced the “Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act of 2021” (the “Act”) which is intended to extend certain investment tax credits to standalone energy...more

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Massachusetts Legislature Passes Property Tax Reform for Solar, Wind, Energy Storage and Fuel Cells

As has been discussed in several posts here, on January 4, 2021, a conference committee of the Massachusetts House and Senate has issued a wide ranging “omnibus” energy bill “An Act creating a next-generation roadmap for...more

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IRS Sheds New Light on Solar Tax Credits, Leaves Energy Storage in the Dark

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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

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Residential Solar Storage is Eligible for Tax Credit, Subject to a 100% Cliff

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In a recently released private letter ruling, the IRS confirmed that residential solar energy batteries are eligible for the tax credit under Section 25D of the Code (the “Residential Solar Credit”), subject to an important...more

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