IN THIS ISSUE

America's leading renewables market in flux

Community choice aggregators in as many as 23 California counties{comma} power marketers and customer-sited generation like rooftop solar could take as much as 85% of...

Corporate PPAs

Corporate PPAs were down almost half from forecasts and down almost a third from the year before.

Community solar risks and landscape

Five community solar executives talked about where community solar is getting traction, the different business models{comma} the principal risks in deals and...

New trends

A panel of veteran investment bankers and one commercial banker had a wide-ranging discussion at the Chadbourne global energy and finance conference in...

Solar + storage: US regulatory issues

Battery storage is the sexy newcomer to the rooftop solar industry. Technology has rapidly improved{comma} while prices consistently decline.

US offshore wind

What to make of the growing interest in US offshore wind projects given the conventional wisdom that offshore wind cannot compete in a...

As solar ascends

Solar electricity is expected to be the cheapest generating source by the middle of the next decade.

Renewable energy finance: State of play

Four project developers did a rapid survey across the renewable energy finance landscape at the 14th annual Wall Street Renewable Energy Finance Forum in...

Environmental update

The US Environmental Protection Agency has decided to move forward with plans to designate which cities and counties are in compliance with new federal ozone limits...

IN OTHER NEWS

North Carolina solar

North Carolina opened the door to more solar energy while imposing an 18-month moratorium on new construction permits for wind farms.

Pennsylvania virtual transactions tax

Pennsylvania is proposing to tax virtual electricity trades across the PJM grid.

Corporate PPAs in 2017

New corporate PPAs signed through June 15 reached 1{comma}240 megawatts{comma} a little ahead of the pace in...

Tax credits in play

Tax credits may be in play in any tax bill taken up by Congress this fall.

Volcker Rule rollback?

US Bank regulators may roll back part of regulations put in place to implement the Volcker rule.

California sales tax exemption for power

California will not collect sales and use taxes on equipment bought after this year for use in electricity generation storage ...

Capital gains on contract sale

Sale of a service contract produced capital gain rather than ordinary income ...

Zero emissions credits upheld

State plans to award “zero emissions credits” to nuclear power plants were upheld in two ...

Connecticut renewable portfolio standard upheld

A renewable portfolio standard in Connecticut withstood challenge again in court.

US taxes when foreign investors exit

A foreign partner in a US mining business did not have to pay US taxes on most of its gain when it sold its ...

IRS revisits debt-equity and disguised sales

Two US Tax regulations that affect the project finance market are in limbo.

Solar customer sales acquisition costs

Customer sales acquisition costs are increasing for solar rooftop companies.

Minor memos

The Solar Energy Industries Association estimates that the solar tariffs sought by US solar panel manufacturer Suniva would cost the United States 88,000 jobs .