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New Law Changes IRA Tax Credits - Update

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This is an updated version of the alert published on July 4. President Trump signed H.R.1, commonly referred to as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (the "Act") into law on July 4, 2025. Below are our summaries of the...more

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DEEP Issues Request for Information to Inform Expedited Request for Proposals – IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED

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The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) released a Request for Information late Friday seeking “expressions of interest from potential project developers who believe that they can (1) meet the...more

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New Executive Order Targets Wind and Solar Tax Credits

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On July 7, 2025, President Trump signed the executive order “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources.” The EO directs the Secretary of the Treasury to “strictly enforce” the...more

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Tax Credit Implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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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

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The Forecast Calls For Sun: What New Administration's First 30 Days Means for Solar Industry

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United States policy surrounding renewable energy has fluctuated significantly as administrations change; President Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House in 1978, and President Ronald Reagan removed the panels in...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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Final Regulations Issued Regarding Section 48 Investment Tax Credit

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On December 12, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) published final regulations (the “final regulations”) regarding the energy credit under Section 48 of the Internal...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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U.S. Department of Treasury issues final 45X advanced manufacturing production credit rules

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Final 45X rules provide some important clarifications as to what is considered as produced in the U.S. for components and technical elements for certain components such as solar, battery storage, inverters, wind turbines and...more

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Energy Tax Credits for a New World Part VII: Low-Income Communities Bonus Credits

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What is the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit? The Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit available through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) is designed to increase the siting of, and access to renewable energy...more

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Energy Tax Credits For A New World Part III: Overview of Bonus Credits

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Why did the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) reduce the base amounts of the energy tax credits? The IRA reduced base credit amounts from their pre-IRA levels to encourage energy projects to meet Congressional policy objectives....more

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Energy Tax Credits for a New World Part II: Production Tax Credits and Investment Tax Credits: The Old and the New

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What is a Production Tax Credit (PTC)? A Production Tax Credit (PTC) is a per kilowatt-hour (kWh) tax credit for electricity generated by solar and other qualifying clean technologies for the first 10 years of a system’s...more

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Clean Energy Tax Credits for Tax Year 2023: Internal Revenue Service Issues Statistical Chart

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued an August 7th news release providing statistics on the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) clean energy tax credits for the tax year 2023. The news release says that tax payers have...more

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News Flash: The Application Portal for the 2024 Low-Income Communities Bonus Tax Credit Program Is Open!

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The application portal for the 2024 Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program opened on May 28, with a 30-day initial application window ending at 11:59 pm ET on June 27. All applications during the initial window are...more

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Portal Opens for Solar and Wind Low-Income Communities Bonus Tax Credit Applications

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The U.S. Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the portal for applying for the 2024 low-income communities, or environmental justice, bonus investment tax credit...more

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Elective Safe Harbor Released for IRA Domestic Content Tax Credit ‘Adder’

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The US Department of Treasury and the IRS on May 16 released Notice 2024-41, which provides a new elective safe harbor that taxpayers may use to qualify for the domestic content bonus credit amount under Sections 45, 45Y, 48,...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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Treasury Department Announces Process and Timetable to Allocate $6 Billion in Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credits

The application cycle for Treasury to award this round of credits will soon open, providing applicants an opportunity to receive significant funding for clean energy, industrial decarbonization and critical materials...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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IRS Releases 2024 Procedural Guidance for Solar and Wind Projects in Low Income Communities

Last week the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Services (IRS) issued procedural guidance for the second year of the Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program under Section 48(e) of the Internal Revenue Code...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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Proposed Regulations on Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit

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On December 14, 2023, the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released proposed regulations to implement the Section 45X advanced manufacturing production credit established by the...more

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IRS Issues Proposed Guidance on Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit Under IRA

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On December 14, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), issued proposed regulations providing guidance on the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit (Section 45X Credit), established by the...more

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Treasury and IRS Release Proposed Regulations on Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Credit

On December 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the Proposed Regulations) regarding the advanced manufacturing production...more

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