On May 16, 2024, the IRS released Notice 2024-41 (the “Notice”), modifying its preliminary guidance issued last May in Notice 2023-38 addressing the application of potential future rules that taxpayers must satisfy to qualify...more
One of the challenges of renewable energy development is managing the permitting process. Understanding how to navigate state and local laws can be integral to a developer’s permitting success, especially where a community...more
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
10/18/2017
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Building Permits ,
Commercial Leases ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
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Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing ,
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Energy Sector ,
Parking Lots ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
State and Local Government
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
The CPV St. Charles Energy Center, a new 725 MW combined-cycle gas power plant in Maryland, went online earlier this month. The U.S. Supreme Court analyzed federal preemption with respect to state regulation of power...more
2/15/2017
/ Clean Energy ,
FERC ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Power Plants ,
Preemption ,
Renewable Energy ,
SCOTUS ,
State Regulators ,
Trump Administration ,
Utility Rates