This article was originally published in Law360 on June 26, 2018.

Many developers of renewable energy projects have experienced higher than expected transaction costs. There can be a wide range of reasons for such overages. One all-too-common reason is project documents that cause tax tensions. These tax tensions lead to more lawyer time, which leads to higher transactions costs. Developers concerned about transaction costs should negotiate “tax-friendly” project documents to streamline the tax equity investor’s diligence process.

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