The House of Representatives has passed a sweeping tax reconciliation bill that makes significant changes to the U.S. energy tax credit regime. The bill, as originally reported out of the House Ways and Means Committee,...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have published final regulations concerning the low-income communities bonus credit program under Section 48E(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued Notice 2025-08 (the “First Updated Elective Safe Harbor”), offering new guidance on the bonus credit for projects using domestically produced...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released final regulations for two new tax credits under the Internal Revenue Code (Code), established by the Inflation Reduction Act...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released a notice of intent to propose regulations and a notice providing the annual emissions rate table for the Clean Fuel...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released final regulations for the energy investment tax credit (ITC) under Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code, which was...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have modified a framework relating to renewable energy projects that qualify for the domestic content bonus tax credit (the “DC Adder”)...more
The Treasury Department and IRS have published proposed regulations relating to credits for producing clean hydrogen under the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”), a key step in implementing the National Clean Hydrogen Strategy....more
The Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) providing further guidance on the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements for clean energy...more
On June 14, 2023, the IRS and Treasury issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) under two novel provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) designed to promote capital investment in renewable...more
Initial guidance for the bonus credit amount for renewable energy projects located in “energy communities” answers numerous questions about how to prove a project qualifies for extra tax credits. The guidance—which is in...more
On November 30, 2022, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) published initial guidance clarifying certain questions surrounding the new prevailing wage and apprenticeship...more
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Historically, only taxpaying entities could take advantage of federal tax credits for renewable energy and other qualifying projects. Tax-exempt entities, such as municipal utilities and rural electrical cooperatives, as well...more