David Burton
June 5, 2020
Massachusetts provides a property tax exemption for wind and solar projects. A recent opinion by the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board (ATB) demonstrates t
Massachusetts Property Tax Risk for Net Metered Solar Projects
Q & A – Investment Tax Credits and Storage for Renewable Energy
David Burton
May 26, 2020
Energy storage is hot topic in the renewable energy industry. Our colleague, Caileen Gamache, hosted the Infocast webinar “Energy Storage Contracting: Key
PLR Allows Utilities to Buy Power From Their Own Tax Equity Partnership
David Burton
April 13, 2020
We are pleased to make available this article published by Tax Notes that analyzes IRS Private Letter Ruling 201946007 (Nov. 15, 2019) that allowed a utili
Demystifying capital accounts in tax equity transactions webinar: Q&A
David Burton
March 25, 2020
Revised March 1, 2023 Below is the Q&A based on the questions raised by the audience during our webinar Demystifying capital accounts in tax equity transac
Demystifying tax capital accounts in tax equity transactions | Norton Rose Fulbright
David Burton
March 2, 2020
The webinar will provide the rules around the capital accounts and dive into numbers to give you a working knowledge you can apply to your job.
Soundbites from Infocast's Wind Power & Finance Summit | Norton Rose Fulbright
David Burton
February 10, 2020
David Burton shares soundbites from Infocast’s Wind Power Finance & Investment Summit held in San Diego.
Distributed Generation Solar 101
David Burton
January 30, 2020
This presentation was given on January 29 at Northeastern University and was intended to provide the students with an overview of the distributed generatio
Investing in US Solar: US Tax Aspects for Japanese Investors
David Burton
August 8, 2019
David Burton gave a presentation at the Japan Institute for Overseas Investment on US tax fundamentals for Japanese investors investing in US solar project
Two Favorable IRS Notices: “Start of Construction” Relief for Department of Defense Delays and PTCs Increased
David Burton
July 15, 2019
The IRS has issued two notices that are beneficial to the wind industry. The first, which applies to all wind projects (including those in their first ten
Claims Court finds related-party developer fee lacks economic substance
Keith Martin
June 21, 2019
The renewable energy industry has been waiting since January for the opinions of the US Court of Federal Claims in Bishop Hill Energy, LLC and California R