Law Columbia

OCTOBER 16, 2023

That’s because of the new elective or “direct pay” provision in the IRA that allows nontaxpayers to claim the value of certain tax credits as cash payments (rather than as an offset to tax liability that they don’t have). In theory, up to 70 percent of eligible project costs can be covered by the ITC and its bonus credit amounts.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

The Nesquehoning site burns waste coal and tires to produce electricity for its bitcoin mining operation. Stronghold’s two Pennsylvania bitcoin mining sites received $20 million in subsidies from the State of PA. The credits were intended to support electricity generation for retail customers. million homes per year.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2024

The proposed dump site would be located adjacent to Molly’s Creek – a naturally-fed, spring-origin creek that flows into the nearby Sydenham River. Residents of Dresden would also be significantly impacted by the proposed development as the site is located just 1 kilometer from town. hectare waste processing site.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

On its face, it’s simply an incentive for renewable energy development, giving an adder to the amount of the investment tax credit (ITC) or production tax credit (PTC) to which certain renewable energy projects would otherwise be entitled, if they are located in an “energy community”. Sites at which a removal action is occurring.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

The solar site is projected to provide enough energy to annually power more than 24,000 homes when complete. Over its 30-year lifespan, the solar site will contribute approximately $12 million in additional tax revenue to Henderson County which can be used for roads, schools and other public services.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 7, 2024

The proposed site is directly connected to the Sydenham River, a well documented biological treasure home to at least 33 species at risk. The dump site could cause devastating impacts within the Sydenham River’s eastern branch – its most biodiverse area. hectare waste processing site.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

Accordingly, the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) seeks to amplify domestic lithium production through two tax credits. First, the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit grants a tax credit equal to 10% of the costs incurred to produce any critical minerals, [1] including lithium. [2]

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Frontiers

AUGUST 24, 2023

Image credit: Jon Dickson Researchers have shown that structures made from culled pear trees sunk into soft-bottomed seas like the Dutch Wadden Sea provide excellent replacements for naturally occurring hard substrates, of which many have been lost due to human activities. Image credit: Jon Dickson New tree reef being brought onboard.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a clean hydrogen production tax credit (known as “45V”) that is one of a slew of new incentives intended to help catalyze the next and necessary phase of advancing the nation’s clean energy transition as a whole.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 4, 2024

The new MACH2 (eastern PA) and ARCH2 (western PA) hubs announced by the Department of Energy through the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program (H2Hubs) will include hydrogen production, transportation infrastructure, and end-use sites across Pennsylvania. Click Here to register and for more information. Read more here.

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E2 Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

The IRA enhances those tax credits for energy projects located on a “brownfield.” That enhancement will increase development pressure on “brownfield” sites.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Additionally, owner and operator liability periods could introduce potential complications with tax credit recapture. For instance, should CO2 unintentionally escape from a storage site, the Internal Revenue Service may seek to recapture tax credits awarded under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 21, 2024

It would also breach federal obligations to protect waterways, Indigenous sites, and at-risk migratory birds and fish. Highway 413 could destroy important archaeological sites as the project passes through land that has long been inhabited by the Wendat.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 21, 2023

The HIT will consist of three working groups, (1) Supply and Demand at Scale; (2) Infrastructure, Siting, and Permitting; and (3) Analysis and Global Competitiveness. There was no mention of recent reporting that the Department of Treasury has delayed issuing guidance on the IRA hydrogen tax credit until October and possibly until December.

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JUNE 7, 2021

In the United States, documents obtained by the news site Undark showed that failure of aging dams across the country could flood major toxic waste sites. The site referenced 81 high-hazard dams, which are located in 24 states. Those credits can be drawn upon later when the need for water is acute.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It’s also worth noting that utilities are allowed to buy clean energy credits to fulfill these obligations. The commission is allowed to give a preference to technologies produced domestically that receive IRA advanced manufacturing tax credits. The bill also contains several other features that are worth noting: Social cost of carbon.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

RWE, as the provisional winner, earned two bidding credits from this auction. First, a credit equal to 20% of the cash bid if it successfully commits to supporting workforce training programs and developing a domestic supply chain for the offshore wind energy industry. Approval of the SAP initiates a five-year site assessment term.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

The carbon credit market continues to evolve as oil and gas companies face increasingly stringent regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Operators may now have the potential to sell carbon credits in exchange for the P&A of inactive, shut-in, or temporarily abandoned wells. Accounting and Crediting Period.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 8, 2023

At the time, the Inflation Reduction Act was estimated to include $369 Billion in tax credits and other funding for climate and clean energy programs. Boyd: Transmission siting and development. The problem here is the Federal Power Act, which leaves transmission siting authority with the states. All of that is helpful.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 8, 2023

Customers must often pay a premium for clean electricity under the programs because of high administrative fees and low bill credits. These projects allow customers to subscribe to a local solar project and receive the clean electricity being produced via bill credits.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Called the Pennsylvania Economic Development For A Growing Economy (PA Edge) Tax Credits, the amendment would provide-- -- $50 million annually for using natural gas or “clean hydrogen” as defined by the U.S. As drafted in this version of the amendment, the tax credits would continue annually forever.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

Direct pay – which is already in effect as of January 1, 2023 – allows tax-exempt entities, including local governments, to claim the value of certain clean energy and other tax credits as a cash payment, rather than as an offset to tax liability that they do not have. Written comments are due on August 14, 2023.

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Cresforum

MARCH 25, 2024

Unfortunately, the current draft of the guidance for the hydrogen production tax credit makes missteps that could reduce both support for hydrogen and the chance for the industry to reach its potential anytime soon, if at all. Tax credits provide an opportunity to help scale up clean and economic hydrogen on a path to market acceptance.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 3, 2022

In addition to reducing carbon emissions, carbon capture and sequestration projects often qualify for valuable income tax credits. One such credit is a California state income tax credit under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, overseen by the California Air Resource Board. 30:1108(A)(1). [2] 30:1108(B). [3]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It also will expand energy efficiency programs, streamline utility-scale renewable project siting approvals, and more. House Bills 5120 and 5121 reform the siting and approval process for utility-scale renewable projects (click here for a Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council fact sheet).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

Credit: Paula García/UCS. As the state builds toward a cleaner future, the groups are calling on decision makers in Massachusetts to pass siting reform policies that would help ensure a cleaner, more just electricity grid that does not add compounding burdens to vulnerable communities.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 4, 2023

Highway 413 could destroy important archaeological sites as the project passes through land that has long been inhabited by the Huron-Wendat.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 9, 2022

Yellowstone National Park (credit: Abercrombie & Kent). Today there are a total of 63 National Parks which–along with scores of national monuments and historical sites–are managed by the National Park Service, part of the U.S. ” The Roosevelt Arch (credit: Yellowstone.org). Department of the Interior.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Investment tax credits are designed to reduce the cost of technologies and practices and incentivize private investment, resulting in adoption. Section 48 had previously allowed energy storage technology to qualify for the investment tax credit if it was performing specific functions within a renewable energy facility.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Image credit: Kline Lab, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Traffic collisions are a major cause of death of endangered Texas ocelots. Image credit: Kline Lab, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Coyote, Canis latrans. Image credit: Kline Lab, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley American hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus leuconotus.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 26, 2024

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Environmental Def ence Executive Director, Tim Gray, will speak at Saturday’s “Keep the Promise – Respect Milton Rally” co-hosted in partnership with a number of local community groups.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2023

PA CLE Credits available for $15.00, please reach out to cgrayshaw@weconservepa.org if you would like to purchase credits. Where Will Pennsylvania’s Solar Future Be Located and How Will It Get There? The presenter will be Brook Duer, staff attorney for the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Lead author Ben Kligman at the Thunderstorm Ridge fossil site. Photo Credit: Adam D. Petrified Forest National Park interns (Elliott Armour Smith and William Reyes) excavating fossils at the Thunderstorm Ridge fossil site. Photo credit: Ben T. Photo Credit: Ben T. Photo Credit: Ben T.

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Keynote speaker Dr. Nina Bassuk , Professor Emeritus at Cornell University, will give two presentations, one on remediating trashed soils for tree health and another on-site assessment and tree species selection. Also considering soils, Dr. Chris Fields-Johnson of the Davey Institute will discuss biochar as a soil amendment.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

Transportation fuels sold in California that have a lower CI than the LCFS Program benchmark established by CARB generate LCFS Credits, where one credit represents one metric tonne of CO 2 e reduced. Capacity-based crediting provides a revenue stream for fueling stations while the ZEV population and usage of the station increases.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

” Credit: IPCC/Antoine Tardy “There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all,” according to the IPCC’s AR6 Synthesis Report. Credit: IPCC/Antoine Tardy I don’t think this is just semantics. These kinds of comments are not new.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations on the Clean Hydrogen Production Credit established by the federal Inflation Reduction Act. The IRA establishes a Clean Hydrogen Production Credit with four technology-neutral credit tiers based on the emissions rate of a hydrogen production process.

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