Below are soundbites from panelists at the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) Finance & Tax Seminar in New York City. The seminar was held on June 1 and 2, but only comments from the second day are reflected below....more
6/15/2017
/ Coal Industry ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Executive Orders ,
Insurance Industry ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
IRS ,
Liability Insurance ,
Partnerships ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
On May 4, 2017, Maryland became the first state in the country to offer a tax credit for energy storage systems with Governor Larry Hogan’s (R) signing of Senate Bill No. 758....more
On April 11, the IRS announced an inflation adjustment increase in the production tax credit (“PTC”) for power sold in 2017 that is generated by wind, closed-loop biomass, geothermal projects to 2.4 cents from the prior 2.3...more
Below are soundbites from speakers and panelists who spoke at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit on March 22 and 23 in San Diego. It was Infocast’s best attended event ever, and the mood was relatively...more
3/31/2017
/ Debt Market ,
Electricity Market Reform (EMR) ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Leaseback ,
Mezzanine Lenders ,
Net Metering ,
PACE ,
Power Purchase Agreements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Energy Investments ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Reform ,
Wind Power
The Trump Administration has the admirable goal of encouraging infrastructure investment. One policy it may want to consider is promoting the recycling of existing municipal infrastructure assets. This policy was developed...more
On March 9, 2017, Oklahoma’s House of Representatives passed H.B. 2298, which would end the Oklahoma production tax credit for wind energy production three and a half years earlier than current law. This measure was first...more
Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin (R) recently released her proposed 2018 Executive Budget, which includes two new anti-wind tax proposals. The first proposal would end the zero-emission tax credit for wind facilities placed in...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
2/28/2017
/ Clean Power Plan ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
Mexico ,
Oil & Gas ,
Power Purchase Agreements ,
Production Tax Credit ,
Renewable Energy ,
Renewable Energy Investments ,
Solar Energy ,
Tax Policy ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Utilities Sector ,
Wind Power
On January 19, 2017, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Procedure 2017-19 (the “Rev. Proc.”) providing a safe harbor for certain alternative energy sales contracts with federal agencies to be treated as...more
1/27/2017
/ Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
ESPCs ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
IRS ,
OMB ,
Renewable Energy ,
Safe Harbors ,
SEIA ,
Service Contracts ,
Solar Energy
On December 15, 2016, the US Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Notice 2017-4 (the “Notice”), which updates previous IRS “start of construction” guidance by extending the Continuity Safe Harbor to December 31,...more
Rumblings in the market suggest that some tax equity investors are preparing for the possibility that the 2017 marginal corporate federal income tax rate may be much lower than the current 35 percent. Such tax equity...more
The post below addresses the legality of the expected withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change by the United States under the next Administration....more