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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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U.S. Treasury releases New Beginning of Construction guidance on clean energy tax credits

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With an effective date of September 2, 2025, New Beginning of Construction guidance will be prospective and not apply to projects that satisfied beginning of construction under old IRS guidance before September 2, 2025. ...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

IRS roundup: August 12 – August 20, 2025

Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for August 12, 2025 – August 20, 2025. August 15, 2025: The IRS issued Notice 2025-42, providing guidance consistent with...more

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Understanding “Beginning of Construction” and the Phase-Out of Tax Credits for Wind and Solar Projects

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted on July 4, 2025, imposed new restrictions on the availability of the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind and solar projects under Code Sections 45Y and...more

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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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IRS Issues New Guidance For Renewable Energy Tax Credits

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The IRS continues to issue guidelines regarding the tax credit provisions of Sections 45Y and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (IRC). The latest notice was issued as Notice 2025-42 on Aug. 15, 2025 (Notice)...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

IRS Issues New Beginning of Construction Guidance for Solar and Wind Facilities

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On August 15, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2025-42 to address the beginning of construction (BOC) requirements for solar and wind projects under sections 45Y and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code...more

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IRS Releases Guidance on Wind and Solar Facility Tax Credits: Key Takeaways

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The US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released Notice 2025-42 to implement Executive Order (EO) 14315. The Notice, issued on August 15, 2025, provides guidance on when construction...more

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New "Beginning of Construction" Guidelines Issued for Wind and Solar Tax Credits

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The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") has issued Notice 2025-42 to implement the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") mandate to phase out the clean electricity production tax credit (§ 45Y) and investment tax credit (§ 48E)...more

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Clean Energy Tax Credits: New Guidance on Beginning of Construction for Wind and Solar Facilities

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On August 15, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) released new guidance on the “beginning of construction” for wind and solar facilities under the clean electricity...more

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Treasury Guidance Tightens "Beginning of Construction" Standards for Clean Energy Tax Credits, Eliminating 5% Safe Harbor for Wind...

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On August 15, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2025-42, providing long-awaited guidance on the “beginning of construction” requirements for wind and solar facilities under Sections 45Y and 48E of the...more

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IRS Releases New Beginning of Construction Rules for Clean Energy Tax Credits

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The IRS on Aug. 15, 2025, released Notice 2025-42, which provides new guidance on how taxpayers can establish that they have begun construction of a wind or solar facility for purposes of determining whether such facility is...more

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IRS Notice 2025-42 Leaves Beginning of Construction Guidance for Wind and Solar Mostly Unchanged, But Limits 5% Safe Harbor to...

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On Aug. 15, 2025, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2025-42 addressing the beginning of construction for wind and solar facilities under Section 45Y and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The...more

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IRS Issues Guidance Regarding Beginning of Construction Requirement for PTC and ITC

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The IRS today issued guidance regarding the “beginning of construction” requirement as it relates to the clean electricity production tax credit (PTC) under Internal Revenue Code Section 45Y and the clean electricity...more

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Analysis of Renewable Energy Credit Amendments and Changes Under the 2025 Tax Legislation

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There is a possibility of one or more additional reconciliation bills during late 2025 and 2026 and therefore further opportunities for enactment of additional provisions, as well as changes and improvements to the...more

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An Overview of Tech-Neutral Energy Tax Credits for Energy Project ‎Developers

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have published final regulations for the Clean Electricity Investment and Production Tax Credits, also known as technology-neutral energy...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act — A Private Equity Perspective

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On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). This alert summarizes the key changes under the OBBBA relevant to private equity sponsors and their investors, as well as some 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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IRS Releases 2025 Inflation Adjustments for Sections 45U, 45V and 45Z

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The IRS on July 21, 2025, released Notice 2025-37, announcing the inflation-adjusted credit amounts for calendar year 2025 applicable to tax credits available under Internal Revenue Code Sections 45U, 45V and 45Z, which were...more

McCarter & English, LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Tax Law Updates—Energy Sector

On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) (P.L. 119-21), which includes a number of tax law changes that directly impact the energy industry. A significant number of the...more

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House Enacts the Senate Legislative Text of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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On July 3, 2025, the House approved the Senate’s legislative text (the “Senate Legislative Version”) for the budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) without any changes. Thus, the final...more

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ITC and PTC Changes Under the Big Beautiful Bill Act

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President Trump last week signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”). The Act made a number of changes to the clean electricity production credit under Section 45Y of the Internal Revenue Code (the “PTC”), the...more

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Significant Cuts to IRA Clean Energy Tax Credits Included in Enacted Reconciliation Bill

President Trump signed the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (the “OBBB”) into law on July 4, 2025. Congress passed the legislation using the budget reconciliation process to avoid the 60-vote Senate filibuster. In addition to...more

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EO Directs Treasury to Issue Guidance on Beginning of Construction, BBB FEOC Restrictions

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On July 7, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources.” The EO directs the U.S. Department of the Treasury to issue new...more

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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

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