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J.S. Held

Builder’s Risk Claims & Renewable Energy: Wind & Solar

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Over the course of the last two decades renewable energy has been a subject that has found its way into discussion from the family dinner table to the top of global political initiatives and policies. It can at times be a...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] From Brown to Bright - Developing brownfields for solar projects in Ohio - September 10th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

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Please join several Bricker & Eckler attorneys and Mike Foley, Director of Cuyahoga County's Department of Sustainability, for a discussion on the Brooklyn solar project, Ohio's first solar project to be constructed at a...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Appellate Court Rejects Claims That Sought To Overturn A Five-Lot Subdivision For Community Solar Projects

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A recent decision from the Appellate Division, Third Department, concerned an unsuccessful challenge to a subdivision approval for five separate community solar projects.   First – a little background information. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Quick (But Not Dirty) Issue No. 1: IRS Solar Construction Guidance

A Basic Guide to Renewable Energy Market and Energy Tax Basics - So What’s The Quick But Not Dirty? The IRS finally issued IRS Notice 2018-59 Beginning of Construction for the Investment Tax Credit under Section 48 on June...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Solar Start of Constructive Guidance, a Comprehensive Analysis

New Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance on what it takes to start construction of a solar project raises practical questions, but it is very helpful in keeping the industry humming along. Solar projects that are under...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Boost For Solar Energy Developers From IRS Clarification Of "Beginning Construction" Tax Credit Rules

On June 22, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") issued Notice 2018-59 (the "Notice"), which provides guidance regarding qualification and construction timing for purposes of the investment tax credit ("ITC") provided by...more

Stinson LLP

Beginning Construction Guidance Issued for Solar Projects

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On June 22, the IRS issued Notice 2018-59 providing a beginning construction standard for solar projects similar to the standard previously set for wind projects. Solar developers now have a standard for reliance on what...more

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Beginning of Construction Guidance for Solar and Other ITC Technologies

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On June 22, 2018, the IRS released Notice 2018-59 (the “Guidance”). The Guidance provides rules to determine when construction begins with respect to investment tax credit (“ITC”) eligible property, such as solar projects. ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

California Energy Commission Unanimously Approves Solar Panel Mandate for Homes

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• The California Energy Commission voted unanimously on May 9, 2018, to require solar panels on all new single-family homes and apartment buildings that are three stories or less starting in 2020. • The new regulations...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Maryland Develops Community Solar Incentive Program

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For the 2018 fiscal year, the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is running its new Community Solar LMI PPA Incentive Grant Program in an effort to provide low and moderate-income (LMI) communities with the benefits of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Let the Sun Shine - Impacts of the Solar Tariffs

In fulfilling his campaign pledges to American manufacturing and fossil fuel energy companies, on January 22, 2018, President Trump approved a 30 percent tariff on imported silicon solar cells and modules. Solar cells are the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Got ITCs? How to Start Construction on Your Solar Project (Pre-IRS Guidance)

Solar developers are getting antsy about what is needed to show that they started construction on their 2020 (or later) projects by the end of 2019. The answer is not clear in the absence of solar-specific guidance from...more

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Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE): Will Gruber (Pulaski County) Brownfield Presentation

Harbor Environmental and Pulaski County, Arkansas jointly sponsored a November 15th seminar held in North Little Rock, Arkansas addressing a variety of Arkansas Brownfield issues...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Lesson on Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Solar Construction

Late last year, a federal trial court in New York awarded a solar development company $11.6 million in damages against Suffolk County arising out of a dispute on a multi-site carport solar construction project. The basis for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Solar in the Frost: What to Watch Out For

As solar technology continues to become more efficient, construction of solar plants is expanding rapidly around the world, including in colder environments that, in the past, may have lacked the irradiance necessary to make...more

Holland & Knight LLP

West Coast Real Estate Update: May 2016 #2

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San Francisco Requires Solar Panel Installation on New Buildings - Last month, the City of San Francisco passed an ordinance requiring all new buildings to include solar energy systems. California law currently requires...more

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Attention Home Improvement Contractors: CA Bill Singles Out Solar Contractors

California Assembly Bill 2699 (Gonzalez) is a bill to watch if you are a home improvement contractor that solarinstalls solar energy systems or, for that matter, a contractor in California. AB 2699 would, among other things,...more

Perkins Coie

Congress Extends PTC and ITC Renewable Energy Tax Credits

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The renewable energy industry, particularly the wind and solar energy sectors, have been hopeful that the U.S. Congress would act this year to extend certain tax credits that project developers and related sectors, such as...more

Stinson LLP

Wind and Solar Energy Tax Credits Extended

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On Friday, December 18th, President Barack Obama signed into law the $1.1 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, which extended and also phased down certain renewable energy investment tax credits (ITC) and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Solar and Wind Tax Credits Benefit from Proposed Compromise on Government Spending Bill

Tuesday night, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and other congressional leaders released a proposed legislative compromise that would fund the government through September 30, 2016, extend tax credits for solar and wind projects and...more

Nossaman LLP

When Uncertainty Surrounds California Solar Project, Court Defers to Agency Not Tortoise

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Project opponents have been invoking the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with increasing regularity in an attempt to block the construction of large-scale renewable energy projects. ...more

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