The year 2020 started with the expectation that volume records would be set for tax equity. By late in the first quarter, the pandemic was in full swing, construction crews were sidelined and banks and law...

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On December 27, 2020, the president signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the Act), which resulted in its enactment into law. Here’s a link the White House press release announcing that the Act had

Congress appears poised to pass and the president to sign a Covid relief bill that includes extension of the tax credits for renewable energy and carbon sequestration. The legislative text of the pending bill

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David Burton discusses updated proposed regulations under section 168(k) and addresses their effect on dealerships with floor plan financing.

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This update describes the effect of the updated proposed regulations on transactions related to property leased to regulated utilities.

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Massachusetts provides a property tax exemption for wind and solar projects. A recent opinion by the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board (ATB) demonstrates the complexity of that rule for projects with net meteri

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Energy storage is hot topic in the renewable energy industry. Our colleague, Caileen Gamache, hosted the Infocast webinar “Energy Storage Contracting: Key Commercial and Legal Issues in a Developing Market”...

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On May 21 a US appeals court declined to overrule a lower court that barred developer fees paid to related parties from being included in the tax bases of two wind farms, California Ridge and Bishop Hill.