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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) has a significant impact on the renewable energy sector, particularly with changes in the phase-out schedules for wind and solar projects under Section 45Y and 48E, as well as the nuances...more
The Republican budget megabill, which makes steep cuts to the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits, now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk after passing both houses of Congress. The House passed the Senate’s...more
Welcome to our sixth issue of Currents 2025. We are covering a multitude of issues in this edition, but we want to pass along a couple of announcements first. Again, thank you for reading! Amazon and Pennsylvania Join the...more
On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its version of the “One, Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) that would create a steep phase-out of renewable energy tax credits—notably, renewable energy companies would have to...more
As discussed in our most recent installment, on July 23, 2024, Senate Bill 571 (the “Amendment”) was signed into law, adding certain private energy facility projects to the purview of the Michigan Prevailing Wage Act which...more
This Tax Alert is the second in a series of monthly alerts that I will issue to discuss tax legislation in 2025 and the outlook for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) renewable energy tax incentives. You can find the first Tax...more
As we discussed in our February alert, the Maine Legislature continues to consider bills that would further limit or eliminate Maine’s Net Energy Billing (NEB) program...more
The United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce held a March 5th hearing entitled: Scaling for Growth: Meeting the Demand for Reliable, Affordable Electricity (“Hearing”)....more
On February 12, 2025, the Texas State Senate unveiled Senate Bill 6, titled “Relating to electricity planning and infrastructure costs for large loads” (SB6). This bill addresses large loads interconnecting at transmission...more
Fue publicada en la Gaceta del Senado de la República de México el oficio con que se remite, el día 5 de febrero de 2025, la Iniciativa con Proyecto de Decreto (Iniciativa) por el que se expiden: Dicha Iniciativa fue turnada...more
Welcome to Edition 23 of P2N0 covering the drive to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero (NZE). Wishing you a belated Happy Calendar New Year. P2N0 identifies significant news items globally, reporting on them in...more
Welcome to our first Issue of Currents 2025, our energy e-newsletter. While our energy practice is constantly changing and evolving, we too have expanded our focus for 2025 with some new editors involved with this...more
In this Issue: Mission is Market - As with many, we in the Foley Hoag energy and climate practice have felt the results of the 2024 election reverberate through our industry. We’ve gathered and digested the most current...more
President Trump’s reelection sent shockwaves through the renewable energy community. With campaign pledges to dismantle Biden-era climate programs funded by the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law...more
One of the biggest challenges to states meeting ambitious Clean Energy Standards is local opposition to large scale projects, something we’ve written about previously. The federal government and many state legislatures have...more
The German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) adopted the reform of the Federal Emission Control Act (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz – “BImSchG“) with the Acceleration Pact for Renewable Energies and Electrolyzers on June 6, 2024,...more
As we enter 2024, we once again review the most significant legislation, policy changes and regulatory actions with respect to climate change taken by California in the past year. In contrast to 2022, which brought a revamp...more
State Requirements For Decommissioning End-Stage Renewable Energy Projects - What Project Participants Need to Know - The first utility scale wind and solar power projects in the United States were developed in the early...more
Energy transition—a phrase that is often used as though everyone understands its meaning. In fact, few know what it means, or they have varying opinions as to what it means. As it has been stated elsewhere, “Energy transition...more
Domestic Nuclear Power Advancement: Barriers to Entry and the Need for a National Strategy - As previously reported on this site, nuclear generation development has taken hold as a potential promise for a long-term,...more
On July 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of bills intended to accelerate critical infrastructure projects across the State aimed at achieving monumental climate and clean energy goals while...more
Efforts to pass federal permitting reform heated up in the previous Congress and continue to be a top priority, with Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives kicking off their agenda with the Lower Energy Costs Act...more
During a pandemic paper purge, I found a corporate newsletter showing me and my boss, George David, then CEO of United Technologies Corporation, at the Earth Technologies Forum admiring a display captioned “Why is UTC a...more
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ("IRA"). In addition to enacting new tax benefits for renewable energy and other energy transition related infrastructure, the IRA...more
Last Wednesday night, after weeks of negotiations, US Senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer reached a deal on an energy and healthcare bill titled the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”). The Act includes extensive...more