Sequestration Reduces Treasury Grant Awards to Renewable Energy Projects by...
According to Treasury Department guidance issued March 4, 2013, grants awarded to renewable energy project owners under the Treasury’s Section 1603 grant program on or after March 1, 2013 will be...
View ArticleIRS Issues “Beginning Construction” Guidance for PTC and ITC
On April 15, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service issued anticipated guidance defining the new “beginning construction” milestone for Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit eligible energy...
View Article1.21 More Gigawatts! Great Scott!
Doc Brown would be impressed. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has announced an ambitious goal of installing 1.6GW of solar in the Commonwealth by 2020. Gov. Patrick made the announcement after...
View ArticleDOER Expects SREC II Regs by January 2014. What kind of market will we get...
At the most recent of what seems to have become near-monthly public meetings convened by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) at the State House concerning all things SREC-related,...
View ArticleCrowdfunding of Solar, Other Renewables One Step Closer
Earlier this week the SEC today proposed rules for Crowdfunding, which was initially enacted under the JOBS Act (Jumpstart our Business Startups). After the enactment of the JOBS Act in April, 2012 and...
View ArticleIRS Opens the Door to Expanded Use of Residential Section 25D Credit in...
The IRS has released new guidance (Notice 2013-70) (the “Guidance”) in the form of a Q-and-A interpreting tax credits available to individual taxpayers under IRC Section 25D (Residential Energy...
View ArticleMassachusetts DOER Releases Draft SREC II Regulations
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (MA DOER) has released draft regulations for its SREC II solar program. The regulations are the latest step toward implementing the Commonwealth’s goal...
View ArticleSREC II Carves Out More Room for Community Solar
The Massachusetts DOER has released its revised regulations amending the State’s RPS to implement the next phase of support for solar in the Commonwealth....By: Adam Wade
View ArticleMassachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Releases Solar Net Metering Bill
One week after the Massachusetts legislature departed for its summer recess, Governor Charlie Baker released net metering legislation to rival the Massachusetts Senate’s recent bill on August 7,...
View ArticleIRS Issues Favorable PLR Allowing an Individual Panel Owner in an Offsite,...
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a private letter ruling to an individual owner of solar panels installed in an offsite net-metered community-shared solar project confirming the individual’s...
View ArticleMassachusetts Legislature Enacts Significant Energy Bill in Support of...
Late last night, the Massachusetts legislature enacted House Bill 4568, an act to promote energy diversity (the “Act”). Overall, the Act marks a compromise between the House’s original procurement-only...
View ArticleSequestration Reduces Treasury Grant Awards to Renewable Energy Projects by...
According to Treasury Department guidance issued March 4, 2013, grants awarded to renewable energy project owners under the Treasury’s Section 1603 grant program on or after March 1, 2013 will be...
View ArticleIRS Issues “Beginning Construction” Guidance for PTC and ITC
On April 15, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service issued anticipated guidance defining the new “beginning construction” milestone for Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit eligible energy...
View Article1.21 More Gigawatts! Great Scott!
Doc Brown would be impressed. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has announced an ambitious goal of installing 1.6GW of solar in the Commonwealth by 2020. Gov. Patrick made the announcement after...
View ArticleDOER Expects SREC II Regs by January 2014. What kind of market will we get...
At the most recent of what seems to have become near-monthly public meetings convened by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) at the State House concerning all things SREC-related,...
View ArticleCrowdfunding of Solar, Other Renewables One Step Closer
Earlier this week the SEC today proposed rules for Crowdfunding, which was initially enacted under the JOBS Act (Jumpstart our Business Startups). After the enactment of the JOBS Act in April, 2012 and...
View ArticleIRS Opens the Door to Expanded Use of Residential Section 25D Credit in...
The IRS has released new guidance (Notice 2013-70) (the “Guidance”) in the form of a Q-and-A interpreting tax credits available to individual taxpayers under IRC Section 25D (Residential Energy...
View ArticleMassachusetts DOER Releases Draft SREC II Regulations
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (MA DOER) has released draft regulations for its SREC II solar program. The regulations are the latest step toward implementing the Commonwealth’s goal...
View ArticleSREC II Carves Out More Room for Community Solar
The Massachusetts DOER has released its revised regulations amending the State’s RPS to implement the next phase of support for solar in the Commonwealth....By: Adam Wade
View ArticleMassachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Releases Solar Net Metering Bill
One week after the Massachusetts legislature departed for its summer recess, Governor Charlie Baker released net metering legislation to rival the Massachusetts Senate’s recent bill on August 7,...
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