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Shifting Ground: How IRS Notice 2025-42 Redefines When Construction Begins for Applicable Wind and Solar Facilities

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On August 15, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2025-42, consistent with President Trump’s recent Executive Order 14315 (EO 14315), which changes how applicable wind and solar facilities establish the...more

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Renewable Energy Update 8.29.25

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new battery energy storage system (BESS) safety guidelines on August 18. The guidance aims to provide communities and first responders with best practices for safe BESS...more

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Michigan Data Center Proposals Threaten to Trigger “Offramp Clause” in State Climate Law

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On August 4, 2025, Inside Climate News reported that Michigan’s largest utility provider – DTE Energy – is working with big tech firms to procure up to 7 gigawatts (GW) of incremental power for new data center developments...more

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Client Alert: DOE Grant Cancellations: Practical Steps for Recipients Facing Termination

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The Department of Energy (DOE) has recently terminated or suspended a number of high-profile energy grants, withdrawing more than $3.7 billion in commitments for projects involving carbon capture, decarbonization, and...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

New Jersey BPU Takes Action on Community Solar & Competitive Solar Incentive Programs: Interesting Comments from the Bench

On August 13, 2025, at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities’ (Board or BPU) regularly scheduled Agenda Meeting, the Board voted 3-0 to extend the deadlines for completion of construction for community solar projects as...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

New York State Seeks Stakeholder Feedback to Inform Closed-Loop Geothermal Drilling Rules

Last month, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM) to solicit stakeholder input on future proposed regulations for closed-loop...more

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DOE’s New NEPA Guidance: Streamlines Review and More Opportunity

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Recent changes to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) procedures for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), geared at streamlining the environmental review process, may offer some benefits to...more

Baker Donelson

Wind and Solar Projects Face Increased Oversight as Clean Energy Incentives Fade

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The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a memorandum on July 15, 2025, announcing the end of what DOI refers to as "preferential treatment" for "unreliable, subsidy-dependent"1 wind and solar energy projects...more

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Post-Termination Landscape for Department of Energy Grant Projects

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Following the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) announcement of a new project review process in May 2025, the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) issued the first round of DOE grant terminations under the Trump...more

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Oregon’s New Microgrid Legislation: Paving the Way for Energy Resilience

Oregon has taken a groundbreaking step in clean energy with the enactment of two pioneering microgrid bills—HB 2065 and HB 2066. According to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, there are currently 692 microgrids...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Recent Developments from the OBBBA and EO 14315: Rush to Begin Construction and Pricing Uncertainty

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As we have discussed in recent articles and as has been well publicized, two recent actions out of Washington are significantly impacting the renewable energy industry. The recently enacted One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

RGGI Third Program Review Concludes: New Model Rule and Strengthened Emission Caps Unveiled Amid Federal Scrutiny

Earlier this month, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) announced the completion of the RGGI Third Program Review, which resulted in several major changes to the RGGI Model Rule that will shape the program through...more

Hogan Lovells

Unlocking the maritime frontier of nuclear energy: Floating nuclear power plants and merchant nuclear propelled ships

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A new paper titled "Facilitating Global Deployment of Floating Nuclear Power Plants" has been published by the World Nuclear Association's Cooperation in Reactor Design Evaluation and Licensing (CORDEL) Working Group. This...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act Cuts the Power: Phase‑Outs, Foreign‑Entity Restrictions, and Domestic Content in Clean‑Energy Credits

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed H.R. 1—dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)—enacting significant modifications to clean‑energy credits previously enacted under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. OBBBA...more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Becomes Law: Impact on Clean Energy Tax Credits

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act modifies the requirements for clean energy tax credits....more

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Executive Order Requires Treasury Guidance on Wind, Solar and FEOC Rules for Energy Tax Credits

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) on July 7, 2025, regarding "Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources." The EO follows the signing into law of the One Big...more

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Navigating the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: A Practical Guide

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On July 4, 2025, H.R. 1 — the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA) was enacted into law. We discussed the version of the bill that passed in the House in May (the House bill) in our previous update. On July 1, the Senate...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Signed into Law – Impact on IRA Tax Credits

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1 119th Congress) (“OBBB”) into law. OBBB made changes to various tax provisions – including tax rates, modification of treatment of state and...more

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“One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed into law: Clean energy credits and new FEOC/ Prohibited Foreign entity rules

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act. The Act includes significant amendments to tax credits originally enacted and/or amended under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”)...more

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FEOC Restrictions on Energy Tax Credits: An Update

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On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed a version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that differed significantly from the version previously passed on May 22 by the U.S. House of Representatives as H.R. 1. Front of mind for...more

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P2N0 - Edition 33 - News and Views on the Drive Towards Net-Zero GHG Emissions

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Welcome to Edition 33 of P2N0 covering the drive to avoid, reduce and remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to progress to net-zero GHG emissions (NZE). P2N0 covers significant news items globally, reporting on them in short...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Proposed Changes to GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidelines Threaten to Reshape Corporate Clean Energy Procurement

The World Resource Institute’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (the “GHG Protocol”) has been widely adopted as a framework for companies to report Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. By...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

DOER Releases SMART 3.0 Program Emergency Regulations – Public Comments Due July 25, 2025

On June 20, 2025, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (“DOER”) filed emergency regulations for the SMART 3.0 Program, the newest iteration of DOER’s Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (“SMART”) tariff-based...more

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New Verra Methodology Aims to Create Carbon Credits Through Accelerated Retirement of Coal-Fired Power Plants

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The methodology outlines a three-step approach for obtaining credits: retirement of coal-fired power plants, generation of replacement renewable electricity, and assurance of a just transition....more

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EPA Proposes 2026-2027 Renewable Fuel Standard Volume Mandates

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 13, 2025, issued a proposed rule, "Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2026 and 2027, Partial Waiver of 2025 Cellulosic Biofuel Volume Requirement, and...more

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