What the US Election Results Mean for Renewable Energy
More than 1,400 people listened to a roundtable discussion among five Washington insiders two days after the election in early November about what the results mean for renewable energy...
California: Moving Beyond the Elections
by Heather Mehta, Laura Norin and Brandon Charles, with MRW & Associates, LLC in Oakland, California California’s renewable energy industry can breathe a sigh of relief now that voters have ...
Financing Utility-Scale Solar Projects
The following is an edited transcript from a roundtable discussion that took place at the Solar Power International 2010 convention in October in Los Angeles among three developers and three finan...
Solar Market Expanding in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is poised to take off as a solar market as a result of an “alternative energy portfolio standard” adopted in 2004 whose solar targets are expected to ramp up rapidly...
UK Holding Companies: Not Yet Working?
“Good for business, good for the UK” is a theme of much UK government rhetoric that has been reflected in a series of “good for business” tax changes...
FERC Opens the Door to Feed-In Tariffs in the United States
In a feat of legal gymnastics worthy of Cirque du Soleil, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in late October largely blessed in concept a proposed feed-in tariff in California for small coge...
The Challenges Facing Renewable Energy Developers in Emerging Markets
Chadbourne hosted a workshop for the multilateral lending and export credit agencies on renewable energy projects in emerging markets in September in its offices in Washington...
UK Green Investment Bank Update
The UK chancellor, George Osborne, revealed more information about the UK government’s plans for a green investment bank in the comprehensive spending review in late October...
Environmental update
The election results in California mean that the state’s greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program remains on track for an
expected launch in 2012.
Start-of-Construction Issues
Start-of-Construction Issues remain a focus for many US renewable energy companies as the year draws to a close...
Proposition 26
Proposition 26, which passed on November 2 in California, may inadvertently subject Treasury cash grants on renewable energy projects to taxes in California unless the state legislature votes by N...
A Bi-Partisan Deficit Reduction Commission | Norton Rose Fulbright
A bi-partisan deficit reduction commission appointed by President Obama said in early November that Congress should consider eliminating all special tax incentives...
Series LLC
Series LLCs were helped by proposed regulations the Internal Revenue Service issued in September.
The US Patent Office
The US Patent Office has issued as many as 122 patents on tax products and has another 151 applications pending.
India
India plans to launch a green bank that would provide funds to wind, solar, tidal and other renewable energy projects.
Foreign Corrupt Practices
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions are skyrocketing.
A Tax Idea
A tax idea was not stolen, a state appeals court in California concluded in late October. John S...
Solar Rebates
Solar rebates to homeowners by their local utilities must be reported in some cases as income...
Solar Curtain Walls
Solar curtain walls qualify for federal tax credits, the IRS ruled privately...
Qatar
Qatar adopted a new 10% corporate income tax on October 6 that will apply retroactively to corporate profits earned in the country since last January...
Municipal Utilities
Municipal utilities can make bilateral sales of renewable energy credits from wind, solar or other renewable energy projects they own without fear that the projects will be considered put ...
Temporary Utility Rate Increases
Temporary utility rate increases are not compensation for storm losses, the IRS said in an internal memo. The conclusion is important because it let the utility deduct the storm losses...
Minor memos
President Obama signed a “Plain Writing Act” on October 13 that would require federal agencies to write tax forms, instructions and other public documents in plain English.
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