4 Key Takeaways | Harnessing the Inflation Reduction Act: Driving Investments in Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction
The Capacity Crunch, Part Three: Unpacking the Power of the IRA: The Potential Game-Changing Opportunities for Utilities
Analyzing the Impact of the IRA on Energy Storage — Battery + Storage Podcast
Renewable Natural Gas – The Next Frontier
The Challenges and Opportunities of Interconnection and Transmission of Renewable Energy
Tax Issues for Co-location of Energy Storage with Solar or Wind
Monetizing Opportunities in Energy Storage in a Post-IRA World
Optimizing Investments in Energy Storage
Value Creation in the Transferable Tax Market
After a week of uncertainty, on Sunday night, President Trump signed the $900 billion stimulus deal and $1.4 trillion government funding bill that was passed by Congress early last week. The legislation includes many...more
In a rare display of bipartisanship, both houses of Congress and President Trump were able to come to agreement in the waning hours of the 2019 congressional session to extend government funding for fiscal year 2020. Included...more
On December 20, 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 1865), which included welcomed extensions for a number of energy tax incentives. The legislation includes...more
Below are soundbites from panelists at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit from March 19th to 22nd in Carlsbad, CA. It was an extremely well-attended event and the mood of the participants was generally...more
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Pub. L. No. 115-123) (the Budget Act) was signed into law on February 9. The legislation took effect roughly seven weeks after President Trump signed into law an Act to Provide for...more
Early this morning, the House and Senate voted to pass a budget deal that included $17 billion in tax provisions, ending a short overnight government shutdown. The bill (H.R. 1892) extends the investment tax credit (ITC) to...more
On Feb. 9, President Trump signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. This piece of legislation is most notable for funding the U.S. government, but the Budget Act also provides valuable tax extenders for various...more
In this four-part series, we revisit 2017’s biggest developments in Energy & Sustainability-related news, milestones, policy changes, and financial transactions. This is the first installment of the series. The biggest...more
A Word About Wind has published our article What Is the Impact of Tax Reform on US Wind Tax Equity Deals? in its blog (subscription required) and newsletter. ...more
On December 19 and 20, 2017, both the House and the Senate passed the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017” (H.R. 1) (the “Tax Reform Act”), which is expected to be signed by the President. The House of Representatives had passed...more
The U.S. House and Senate have now each passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R.1) and have sent the bill to President Trump’s desk for final passage. The final bill is expected to cost nearly $1.5 trillion over the next ten...more
The “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the Act) has passed both chambers of Congress and is expected to be signed by President Trump on or before January 3, 2018. The final agreement among House and Senate Republicans includes rate...more
Yesterday, the House voted 227 to 303 in favor of the tax reform bill agreed to by the conference committee. No Democrats voted for the House bill, and 12 Republicans from high tax states voted against it. The Senate was...more
The US tax reform bill that the Senate passed on December 2, 2017—along partisan lines in a 51 to 49 vote—is a mixed bag for the tax equity market. The bill is now headed to the conference committee, consisting of House of...more
On December 2, 2017, the Senate approved its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Senate Bill includes the base erosion and anti-abuse tax, a new tax intended to apply to companies that significantly reduce their US tax...more
On November 9, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee released a Description of the Chairman’s Mark of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” and on November 14, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee released a Description of the Chairman’s...more
We drafted a tax alert that addresses the impact of the much anticipated "Tax Cut and Jobs Act" (H.R. 1) on the taxation of U.S. Corporations. The complete text of the alert is available here. Below is a brief summary of H.R....more
We drafted a tax alert that addresses the impact of the much anticipated "Tax Cut and Jobs Act" (H.R. 1) on the international corporate tax landscape. ...more
The much anticipated tax reform bill released today by the Republican leadership in the House would make several potentially significant changes to certain energy tax provisions. These would include changes to the Production...more
On November 2, 2017, the House Republicans released their plan for comprehensive tax reform, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017” (H.R. 1) (the “Tax Reform Bill”). Prior to this release, Congressional Republicans and the Trump...more
Department of Interior Rescinds OSM Enforcement Policies - On October 12, 2017, the Department of the Interior ("DOI") withdrew two prior Office of Surface Mining ("OSM") policies affecting mining operations. DOI rescinded...more
While tax reform has been a stated focus of the Trump administration and Congress, details remain elusive. The administration has recently reaffirmed its desire to enact comprehensive corporate and individual tax reform, but...more
Rebuilding America’s aging infrastructure is one task that most economists and civil engineers, and most Americans, agree should be at or near the top of President Donald Trump’s agenda. President Trump touted his background...more
Below are soundbites from panelists at the Infocast Wind Power & Finance Investment Summit on February 28, 2017 in Rancho Bernardo, California. The soundbites are organized by topic, rather than in chronological order, and...more
After nearly two decades of widening concern over the declining state of U.S. infrastructure, it was not surprising that infrastructure became a central theme in the 2016 election cycle. Improving our nation’s transportation,...more