The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”), which was signed into law on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, includes an investment of over $369 billion in energy security and climate change. There has been a lot of discussion about the extension of the investment tax credit (“ITC”) for solar and the provision that allows the
Here is Mayer Brown’s Legal Update regarding some of the noteworthy proposals in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that related to green energy.
Last night, after weeks of negotiations, Senators Manchin and Schumer reached a deal on an energy and healthcare bill titled the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”). The Act includes extensive provisions relating to a range of green energy tax incentives. While these provisions largely track the corresponding provisions in the previously released Build
Read about the recent changes to the proposed “Build Back Better Act” by the US House Rules Committee, including some important changes to green energy tax incentives, in this Legal Update.
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 June 29, 2021, the US Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) released Notice 2021-41, extending and enhancing previous relief given by the IRS pursuant to Notice 2020-41 on the start-of-construction rules for the production tax credit and energy investment tax credit. The new notice extends the continuity safe harbor for projects that began construction in calendar years 2016 through 2020 and relaxes the continuity requirement for projects that do not satisfy the continuity safe harbor.
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Read about the Energy Tax Proposals in the Biden Administration’s 2022 Budget in this Legal Update: Energy Tax Implications of the Administration’s FY2022 Budget Tax Proposals | Perspectives & Events | Mayer Brown.
There have been a number of recent legislative proposals that could drastically impact the US energy industry, including renewables. In this Legal Update, my Mayer Brown colleagues and I describe some of the highlights.
Read about the Biden Administration’s efforts to promote offshore wind and create jobs in this Mayer Brown Legal Update.