Renegotiating PPAs
Construction delays and cost increases are forcing renegotiation of power purchase agreements before renewable energy projects can be financed...
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Tax equity partnerships that lose money
A tax equity partnership does not have to expect a profit apart from tax credits, a US appeals court said in early August.
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Embracing hydrogen
Two competing narratives about hydrogen played out the last two years in the press. One was that hydrogen is being pitched by the fossil fuel community...
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The Inflation Reduction Act and DOE loan programs
The Inflation Reduction Act upsizes the existing US Department of Energy loan programs. It also establishes new programs for transmission projects and...
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The evolving energy storage market
The energy storage market is still in its infancy, but it is evolving rapidly. Portfolios of standalone utility-scale batteries are now being financed...
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Current financing challenges
How are tax equity investors and lenders addressing the unusually large number of risks this year? Tangled supply chains and labor shortages are caus...
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Environmental update: August 2022
The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), had to agree to a broad outline for a separate permitting reform bill to win support from Senator...
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Ep196: Inflation Reduction Act
Keith Martin, David Burton and Hilary Lefko have a lively discussion about how the Inflation Reduction Act will affect deals. Some parts of it are retroac
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August 2022
IN THIS ISSUE Searching for opportunities in the Inflation Reduction Act Companies are scrambling to assess the effects of the Inflation Reduction Act on t
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Ep195: What's New in the Market
Keith Martin gives a lively update on what is new in the market. The tax equity market is wrestling with a series of issues tied to inflation and construct
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Schumer-Manchin Deal Bolts Forward
The tax equity market will look different if the surprise deal that the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, sealed yesterday with Democratic holdout Joe
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Ep194: New PJM Regulations and FERC Rules
Bob Shapiro, partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington office, joins us to discuss the new regulations in PJM and new FERC rules aimed at easing crowde
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Effects Of West Virginia v EPA On Power Sector
The US Supreme Court today rejected six to three certain steps the EPA tried in the past to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
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Customs gets tougher on forced labor
Solar companies are anxious about whether tougher enforcement of a US prohibition against importing products that benefited from Chinese forced labor will
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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
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