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Court of Appeal Narrowly Reads School Bond Measure Language In Siding with Taxpayer Group’s Challenge To High School Stadium...

by P. Addison Covert, Meghan Covert Russell, Stacy Toledo | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 5/20/2013

The California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, recently held that school district bond revenues could not be spent on stadium lighting where the bond proposition did not specifically list field lighting as part of...more

Hot Topics for Waste-to-Energy Investors and Developers [Video]

by Pepper Hamilton LLP on 4/17/2013

With the January 2013 extension of the Production Tax Credit for renewable energy projects, waste-to-energy deals are back on investor and developer's radar screens. Join partners from Pepper Hamilton LLP, Deloitte Financial...more

Hot Topics for Waste-to-Energy Investors and Developers

by Pepper Hamilton LLP on 4/17/2013

With the January 2013 extension of the Production Tax Credit for renewable energy projects, waste-to-energy deals are back on investor and developer's radar screens. Join partners from Pepper Hamilton LLP, Deloitte Financial...more

In Time of Austerity, President’s 2014 Budget Prioritizes Clean Energy Funding

by Bryan M. Stockton | Mintz Levin - Energy & Clean Technology on 4/11/2013

After two months of delay, the Obama Administration released its proposed 2014 budget on April 10. The 244-page document outlines the President’s spending priorities for the coming fiscal year. The proposal calls for $1...more

Ohio Legislators Strip Radioactive Drilling Waste, Severance Tax Provisions From Budget

by Jason Yearout | BakerHostetler on 4/10/2013

Yesterday we discussed the grim prospects for the NORM and TENORM provisions in Ohio Governor John Kasich’s proposed budget. Both industry and environmentalists opposed the provisions, and state legislators recently expressed...more

Bipartisan Group of Senators Wants Clarification of "Commencement of Construction" Under the Wind PTC

by Kimberly Barnashuk | Phillips Lytle - Renewable Energy on 3/15/2013

Last week, a group of U.S. Senators submitted a letter requesting swift clarification by the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) of language regarding the wind production tax...more

Myanmar Issues Foreign Investment Law Implementing Regulations

by Mae Shan Chong, Jonathan Olier, Barrye Wall | White & Case LLP on 3/6/2013

Summary - On January 31, 2013, the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development released the new Implementing Regulations for the Myanmar Foreign Investment Law No. 21 (FIL No. 21). President U Thein Sein...more

Legal Alert: Sequestration to Cause CREB Payments to Be Reduced by 8.7%

by Matthew Nichols, Darryl Smith | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 3/6/2013

The Office of Management and Budget has issued its Report to the Congress on the budget sequestration for federal fiscal year 2013 required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the...more

Second Phase of Qualifying Advanced Energy Program Announced

by Nathaniel Kupferman | Berkeley Research Group, LLC on 3/6/2013

The Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of the Treasury have announced a second phase in the qualifying advanced energy property program. The second phase will make $150 million in Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax...more

Legislative Update Report No. 2013-04 -- Feb 22, 2013

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 2/26/2013

In This Article: Federal Government; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Québec/Quebec; Saskatchewan; and Yukon....more

Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Manufacturing Facilities Just Announced

by Michael Hirschfeld | Dechert LLP on 2/15/2013

In order to foster investment and job creation in clean energy manufacturing, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 included a tax credit for investments in manufacturing facilities for clean energy technologies....more

Energy & Clean Tech Connections: Your Law Firm Link to Industry News -- February 2013

by Mintz Levin - Energy & Clean Technology on 2/5/2013

In the February edition of Energy & Clean Tech Connections, we’ve gathered recent information from a wide variety of sources in an effort to keep you abreast of what’s new in the world of clean energy. We draw your attention...more

Event: Update and Outlook on Tax & Financing Landscape for Clean Energy (Boston, MA)

by Mintz Levin - Energy & Clean Technology on 2/1/2013

The fiscal cliff tax deal reached on January 1st, 2013 has made permanent changes to the tax code that will affect the clean energy industry. This Thursday, January 31, 2013, the New England Clean Energy Council will host a...more

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: Extends Production Tax Credit for Wind and Many Other Cleantech Tax Incentives

by Robert Cudd, Michelle Jewett | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/7/2013

On January 1, 2013, the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (“ATRA”), averting the so-called “fiscal cliff.” The legislation, which was signed by President Obama, extends...more

Production Tax Credit Extended For Another Year

by Vidhya Prabhakaran | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/3/2013

More information about this later, but Congress has extended the Production Tax Credit (“PTC”) for wind as part of its agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff. The new sunset date for the PTC for wind is through December 31,...more

"Temporary ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Solution Yields Important Tax Changes"

by Armando Gomez, Cary Pugh, Paul Schockett, Sean Shimamoto | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/3/2013

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the TRA of 2012), which permanently extends certain federal income tax rate reductions first enacted in 2001 that were scheduled to expire...more

IRS Revokes Ruling Finding Facility-Specific Power Purchase Agreements Are Part of the Facility

by Alan J. Tarr | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 12/31/2012

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently revoked Private Letter Ruling (PLR) 201214007, which found that facility-specific power purchase agreements (PPAs) are considered part of the underlying wind energy facilities and,...more

Failure to Extend the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit: Will It Send Wind Energy Investors Packing for Opportunities Abroad?

by K&L Gates LLP on 9/14/2012

The recent growth and success of the U.S. wind power industry is attributable in large part to a federal renewable energy production tax credit (the “PTC”) that provides significant tax incentives for investment in and...more

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Court of Appeal Narrowly Reads School Bond Measure Language In Siding with Taxpayer Group’s Challenge To High School Stadium...

Hot Topics for Waste-to-Energy Investors and Developers [Video]

Hot Topics for Waste-to-Energy Investors and Developers

In Time of Austerity, President’s 2014 Budget Prioritizes Clean Energy Funding

Ohio Legislators Strip Radioactive Drilling Waste, Severance Tax Provisions From Budget

Bipartisan Group of Senators Wants Clarification of "Commencement of Construction" Under the Wind PTC

Myanmar Issues Foreign Investment Law Implementing Regulations

Legal Alert: Sequestration to Cause CREB Payments to Be Reduced by 8.7%

Second Phase of Qualifying Advanced Energy Program Announced

Legislative Update Report No. 2013-04 -- Feb 22, 2013

Tax Credits for Alternative Energy Manufacturing Facilities Just Announced

Energy & Clean Tech Connections: Your Law Firm Link to Industry News -- February 2013

Event: Update and Outlook on Tax & Financing Landscape for Clean Energy (Boston, MA)

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: Extends Production Tax Credit for Wind and Many Other Cleantech Tax Incentives

Production Tax Credit Extended For Another Year

"Temporary ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Solution Yields Important Tax Changes"

IRS Revokes Ruling Finding Facility-Specific Power Purchase Agreements Are Part of the Facility

Failure to Extend the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit: Will It Send Wind Energy Investors Packing for Opportunities Abroad?

Energy Bond Guidance May Unlock Low-Cost Financing Tool

Green Rush Hits Japan (Updated Version as of June 27, 2012)

IRS Issues Guidance on Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds

Wind Energy Development In The Great Lakes Again A Priority

Key Energy-Related Tax Provisions in the 2013 Budget Proposal

Eyeing Tax Rewards, Big Cos. And PE Firms Back Solar

Italy Issues Fourth Conto Energia: New Feed-In Tariffs for Production of Photovoltaic Energy in 2011 – 2016

Hot Topics for Waste-to-Energy Investors and Developers [Video]

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