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Anti-Circumvention Duties and Solar Panels

The Commerce Department said this morning that it made a preliminary decision to impose anti-circumvention duties on solar panels produced in Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia using Chinese parts.

IRS Issues Wage and Apprentice Requirements

Ep198: Book talk: California Burning

The Wall Street Journal's Katherine Blunt talks to Keith Martin about her book, California Burning, which addresses the challenges facing utilities with aging power lines in drought-stricken parts of the US.

Ep197: Post-Election Analysis

Five veteran Washington observers talk with Keith Martin in our Washington office about what the midterm election results mean for clean energy, storage, carbon capture, hydrogen and the project finance market.

IRS Confirms Higher PTC Rate due to the IRA

IRS Announcement 2022-23 updates the production tax credit (PTC) rate to 2.75 cents a kWh for wind, solar, geothermal and closed-loop biomass power plants placed in service after 2021.

Battery storage tax credit opportunities and development challenges

Below are slides the authors prepared about tax credit opportunities and development challenges for battery storage.

IRS acknowledges PTC increase

The IRS said this afternoon that production tax credits on new wind, solar, geothermal and closed-loop biomass power plants put in service in 2022 are 2.75¢ cents a KWh.

California solar property tax exemption

California extended a property tax exemption for solar projects placed in service by the end of 2026.

FEMA power plant proposal

The fate of a FEMA proposal to require power plants and other projects to be able to withstand extreme weather events should be decided around November 1.

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