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Anti-circumvention duty moratorium

Tariff moratorium regulations are expected soon. The US Department of Commerce must issue regulations to implement a 24-month moratorium on any anti-circum

2022 PTC inflation adjustment

Production tax credits for producing renewable electricity will be slightly lower this year than thought earlier after the Internal Revenue Service correct

Climate change disclosures

Climate change disclosures that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to require of public companies could have two indirect effects on po

Challenges facing individuals as tax equity investors

Ever wonder why as an individual, you probably cannot claim the investment tax credit or production tax credits? The passive activity loss rules prevent in

Ex-Im Bank financing for US manufacturing

The Export-Import Bank of the United States is moving forward with plans to finance construction of new US factories and expansion of existing factories th

Taking stock of community solar

A panel of five community solar experts talked in late February in Boston about new trends in the community solar market, including evolving contract terms

Tax equity and construction delays

The tax equity market is wrestling with a series of issues tied to inflation and construction delays. Developers form a separate special-purpose project co

How hedges have changed since Uri

Lee Taylor, with REsurety in Boston The hedge market is offering the same menu of options a year and a half after a sudden cold snap in Texas left some pow

Carbon capture terms

Interest in carbon capture projects has soared over the past year. To document commercial terms, some parties are re-purposing concepts from gas and refine

Tariffs, inflation and other challenges

A panel of veteran financiers at the annual ACORE finance forum in New York in early June was optimistic, but cautious about whether the Biden proclamation

Environmental update: June 2022

New York lawmakers passed a bill designed to slow the spread of cryptocurrency mining operations that burn fossil fuels for power in early June. New York G

Project sales still closing despite circumvention risk

Sales of solar projects and solar development platforms are still closing, despite some risk that a court could still block implementation of a 24-month mo

Private activity bonds for carbon capture

A massive bipartisan infrastructure act that became law last November authorizes tax-exempt “private activity bonds” to be used to finance carbon capture p

June 2022

IN THIS ISSUE Tariffs, inflation and other challenges A panel of veteran financiers at the annual ACORE finance forum in New York in early June . . . Proje

Solar panel import duties: Contract minefield

The risk that anti-circumvention duties will have to be paid on Chinese-branded solar panels entering the United States from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand an

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