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Jeffrey G. Davis is a partner in the Tax Transactions & Consulting group in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office and is a co-head of the firm’s Renewable Energy group. Jeff represents major corporations, financial institutions and private equity funds on a wide range of US federal income tax matters. His practice focuses on partnership tax, tax credits and other incentives, and project finance and development. 

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On April 14, 2022, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a notice that provides the inflation-adjustment factor and reference price for the calculation of renewable electricity production tax credits (PTCs) under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 45 for calendar year 2022, as well as the amount of the PTC for 2022 as adjusted for inflation.

On May 5, 2022, the IRS issued corrections to this notice, revising the inflation-adjustment factor from the initially released 1.8012 to 1.7593 and reducing the PTC amounts accordingly.…

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With the federal government being the largest energy consumer in the United States, late last year President Biden issued the Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability to set aggressive decarbonization goals for federal agencies. This Legal Update summarizes the executive order, the three primary contracting mechanisms that federal agencies…

In November 2021, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Reimagining Electric Vehicles Act, which establishes the Reimagining Electric Vehicles in Illinois Program to incentivize the production of electric vehicles in the state. This Mayer Brown Legal Update discusses the criteria to qualify for the program and the related tax credits, exemptions and deductions.

On the night of September 10, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee released legislative text covering a range of green energy tax incentives, a bill that it hopes will be enacted through the budget reconciliation process and it expects to begin markup of on Tuesday, September 14. This Legal Update provides further detail on …

Several recent legislative proposals would expand or enact tax credits to support energy storage, including standalone energy storage systems. We have put together a comparison of the three primary proposals under discussion in Washington that could materially shape these federal income tax credits: the Biden Administration FY 2022 Budget, the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency…

On August 10, 2021, the US Senate voted to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “IIJA”). The IIJA would provide a total of $1.2 trillion in federal investment in infrastructure, including an unprecedented level of federal investment in electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure through the creation of new programs and grants …

On July 1, 2021, the US Internal Revenue Service released Revenue Ruling 2021-13 (the “Ruling”), which provides additional guidance on the definition of “carbon capture equipment” for purposes of the carbon capture tax credit under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Ruling also clarifies that a taxpayer need not own every piece of equipment within a single process train in order to claim the tax credit so long as the taxpayer owns at least one component. In addition, the Ruling provides helpful guidance on determining the placed-in-service date of the single process train for purposes of Section 45Q.
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