Jones Day Talks: Developments in Germany's Wind Power Regulations
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
On May 16, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued further guidance (Notice 2024-41, the Additional Notice) intended to provide clarity and certainty surrounding the domestic content1 bonus credit by (among other...more
On 17 November 2023, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) updating rules for the investment tax credit (ITC) under Code1...more
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act). The Act includes multiple tax benefits for hydrogen production, storage and utilization, summarized in the following King & Spalding...more
On October 13, 2021, during a speech at American Clean Power’s Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition, US Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a path forward for future offshore wind leasing along...more
On October 31, 2016, the Federal Court of Claims ruled that the U.S. Department of the Treasury underpaid 1603 cash grant applications made in respect of the Alta Wind Energy Center by approximately $206 million. The...more
Favorable decision clarifies the value of cash grants and investment tax credits for renewable energy projects. A large wind developer won a significant victory in the Court of Federal Claims on October 28 in a case that...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, which passed through Congress and was signed into law last month, included the latest iteration of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for renewable generating resources. The PTC was...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Senate committee backs PTC extension: ReNews - Jul 22: A U.S. Senate committee has voted to extend more than 50 tax policies, including production and investment tax credits that incentivize wind...more
The amount by which Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said he wanted to reduce, or “haircut,” all of the 50-plus tax provisions known as extenders. Warner accurately predicted that his Senate Finance Committee colleagues wanted to keep...more
On Friday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2014-46, which clarifies the rules for a wind project to be deemed to have started construction in 2013 as is necessary to be eligible for production tax credits...more