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What is the purpose of the Domestic Content Bonus Credit? The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) introduced the Domestic Content Bonus Credit to provide an additional credit amount to taxpayers that meet its requirements. The...more
Why did Congress provide bonus credits to a facility or a project that pays its workers “prevailing wages” and hires apprentices? Congress viewed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a way to not only move the United States...more
Why did the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) reduce the base amounts of the energy tax credits? The IRA reduced base credit amounts from their pre-IRA levels to encourage energy projects to meet Congressional policy objectives....more
What is a Production Tax Credit (PTC)? A Production Tax Credit (PTC) is a per kilowatt-hour (kWh) tax credit for electricity generated by solar and other qualifying clean technologies for the first 10 years of a system’s...more
South Africa urgently needs to upgrade its energy systems and transition to renewable energy. Benjamin Mbana highlights how the country’s tax system could play a crucial role in this transition....more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it has finalized its new rule relating to the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA). This rule goes into effect 60 days after it is officially published in the Federal Register. The final rule...more
he Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Treasury Department (Treasury), and the Department of Energy (DOE) released Notice 2023-18 (Notice) on February 13, detailing the procedures through which the IRS and DOE will award a...more
On February 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2023-18, Initial Guidance Establishing Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit Allocation Program Under Internal...more
Renewable energy developers and contractors have been anticipating the Treasury Department and IRS’s initial guidance on what is required to satisfy the prevailing wage and apprentice requirements under the Inflation...more
Pound-for-pound, Tribes have the potential to be among the United States’ most prolific clean energy developers. Tribal lands, which compose approximately 5.8% of the total land area in the contiguous United States, have the...more
Congress was in recess for the month of October for the final push toward the November 8 midterm elections, but executive branch activities related to energy and sustainability have continued. Treasury & IRS Seek Public...more
President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) into law on Aug. 16, 2022, following its passage along party lines in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The comprehensive legislation is the...more
In the News - Earlier this month, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which promises to put nearly $370 million in federal funding behind the energy transition. The IRA is expected to...more
La Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética (UPME) de Colombia, el 5 de agosto de 2022, expidió la Resolución No. 319 de 2022 (la Resolución), por medio de la cual determinó los requisitos y procedimientos para la evaluación y...more
Elizabeth Crouse, partner and head of the energy tax practice at K&L Gates, discusses the hydrogen-related tax credits and incentives included in the newly-signed-into-law Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). From CI scores, to...more
On August 7, 2022, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376) (the “Reconciliation Bill”) on a party line vote with the deciding vote cast by the Vice President. The Senate’s passage of the...more
The U.S. Senate on Aug. 7, 2022, passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). This comprehensive legislation is the result of many months of negotiations among Democrats to advance some of President Joe Biden's highest...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) released by U.S. Senate Democrats on July 27, 2022, would dramatically reshape and expand tax credit incentives for a broad range of renewable energy resources and could...more
The Inflation Reduction Act, which includes the most dramatic expansion of clean energy tax credits in recent history, would provide a multi-year extension of existing tax credits for wind and solar, increase tax credits for...more
Mediante Decreto 895 de 31 de mayo de 2022 (el Decreto), el Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público de Colombia expidió los lineamientos relacionados con los incentivos tributarios a la generación de energía eléctrica con...more
Find out why upstream oil and gas companies are playing the long game on the path towards an energy transition....more
In 2020, clean energy companies led over 25% of all IPOs in Israel. With such monetary amounts being raised on the TASE, many clean energy entrepreneurs have turned their eyes to foreign markets to develop and expand their...more
On May 26, 2021, the Senate Finance Committee advanced the Clean Energy for America Act (S1298, 117th Congress) to the full Senate on a party-line vote. The legislation, which is a component of President Biden's Build Back...more
Macro market shifts as part of the energy transition are spurring investors, sponsors, and even traditional oil and gas producers to move in new directions. There is an increase in wind and solar projects being funded, with...more
As interest in carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) grows, it also creates a significant opportunity for the upstream oil and gas industry....more