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The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Substantially Alters Clean Energy Tax Landscape

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On July 4, 2025, the legislation commonly known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (the “BBBA”) was enacted. The BBBA makes significant changes to the tax credits available under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Taxation & Representation, June 2025 #2

The Senate Republicans continue to meet internally and with stakeholders regarding the provisions of a reconciliation package (H.R. 1). Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) made it clear that the Senate will make...more

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Treasury Releases Guidance and GREET Model for the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit

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On January 10, 2025, the Treasury Department (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) continued their flurry of new guidance by releasing IRS Notice 2025-10 (the “Notice”) concerning the clean fuel...more

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Treasury Department and IRS Release Final Regulations for Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

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On January 3, 2025, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations under Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 45V (the Final Regulations) with respect to credits for the production of clean...more

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Treasury Department, IRS Release Section 45Z Clean Fuel PTC Guidance

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS released initial guidance on Jan. 10, 2025, regarding the production tax credit (PTC) for clean fuels under Section 45Z of the Internal Revenue Code, as enacted by the Inflation...more

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Proposed Regulations Provide Clarity on Tax Treatment of Entities Wholly Owned by Tribal Governments

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS issued the Proposed Regulations on Oct. 9, 2024, providing long-awaited guidance on entities wholly owned by Tribal governments and organized or incorporated exclusively under the...more

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IRS Issues Final Regulations on Energy Property and Rules Applicable to Energy Credit Under Section 48

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On December 4, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations providing further guidance in determining whether property is energy property and eligible for the Investment...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

A Boon for Biogas: Treasury’s Final Section 48 ITC Rules Resolve Key Concerns for Biogas and RNG Projects

On December 4, 2024, the Department of the Treasury finalized new rules governing the Section 48 Investment Tax Credit (“ITC”). The ITC applies to a broad range of clean energy projects, including biogas projects, which were...more

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Final Regulations Expand Access to "Direct Pay" Elections for Energy Credits

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued final regulations allowing tax-exempt entities that are partners in clean energy projects to elect to receive energy tax credits in cash....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Charging Ahead or Stalling Out? Clean Energy Credits Await Key Guidance

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) allows firms to develop and sell clean energy tax credits. In our last update, available here, we discussed the release of the long-awaited guidance package on the new...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Proposed Regulations Regarding Section 48E Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program

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On September 3, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) published proposed regulations relating to the Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program (the...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

Cozen O'Connor

A Cocktail of Labor Policy, Energy Policy & Tax Policy: Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Rules

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The Inflation Reduction Act (the IRA) awards renewable energy tax credits1 for creating (or investing in) property that produces or generates renewable energy and clean energy fuels. Those credits are enhanced if the...more

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U.S. Treasury Proposes New Regulations on Eligibility Requirements for Clean Energy Tax Credits under the Inflation Reduction Act

The United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) on June 3, 2024 published proposed regulations on Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Sections 45Y and 48E, which provide for clean energy production and investment tax credits...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Energy Tax Credits – Final Regulations on Transferability and Guidance on Domestic Content

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The Treasury Department and IRS recently issued final regulations on the transfer of certain credits to implement the transferability provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which take effect on July 1, 2024....more

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New Domestic Content Adder Guidance: ‘Buy American’ is Back

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On May 16, 2024, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS announced the release of Notice 2024-41, which clarifies the safe harbor for classification of project components created in Notice 2023-38 and provides a new safe...more

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Treasury Provides New Safe Harbor for Domestic Content Bonus Credit

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) today released Notice 2024-41, Domestic Content Bonus Credit Amounts under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: Expansion of Applicable Projects for Safe Harbor in Notice 2023-38...more

Mayer Brown

Final Regulations Issued on Direct-Pay Elections and Transfer of Tax Credits

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On April 25, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final regulations (T.D. 9993) (the “final regulations under section 6418”) concerning the election to transfer...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Treasury and IRS Release Final Regulations on Credit Transferability

On April 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (the Final Regulations) regarding the election to transfer energy tax credits under Section...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Energy tax credit transfers: Treasury and IRS issue final regulations on the section 6418 transferability rules

[unable to retrieve full-text content]On April 25, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations on the transferability of certain tax credits under the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Treasury and IRS Propose Supplemental Notice Regarding Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit Regulations

On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (the Supplemental Regulations) to supplement the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Treasury and IRS Release Further Guidance on Energy Community Enhancements Under IRA

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On March 22, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-30, which modifies prior guidance on the energy community enhancements. It further clarifies (a) when offshore...more

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IRS Opens Registration Portal for the Elective Payment or Transfer of Tax Credits

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently launched a new online registration portal allowing taxpayers to begin the registration process that must be completed in order for a taxpayer to elect to transfer a credit (under...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Proposed Clean Hydrogen Guidance: Limitations on Credit Availability for Green Hydrogen Projects and Paths Forward

Guidance recently issued by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in proposed regulations (REG-117631-23) will (if held to be final) have a significant impact on green hydrogen projects in the...more

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Treasury and IRS Propose Long-awaited Regulations for the Inflation Reduction Act’s Hydrogen Production Tax Credit (Section 45V)

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On December 22, 2023, the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (collectively, “IRS”) proposed new regulations for the Inflation Reduction Act’s (“IRA”) Hydrogen Production Tax Credit (“PTC”), otherwise known as...more

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