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Climate Week is about to kick off in New York, so Lauren Collins and Michael Joyce, both partners at the law firm of Vinson & Elkins, join the show to talk about what to expect from Climate Week, what kinds of news and announcements they will be keeping an eye on and how the overall conversation about Climate Week — and climate coverage in general — has evolved over the years.

In this presentation, V&E lawyers discussed substantive updates and guidance released on IRA credits and monetization and provide a market update.

Partners David Peck and Megan James, and associate Katie Dillard are presenting at the Dallas Bar Association's Tax Law Section Meeting on September 11th.

On August 29, 2023, the Department of Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued proposed regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”) providing proposed rules governing the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements (together, the “Labor Requirements”) impacting a broad swath of clean energy tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) (i.e., sections 30C, 45, 45L, 45U, 45Q, 45V, 45Y, 45Z, 48, 48C, 48E, and 179D¹ of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended).

 

Nuclear energy is experiencing a resurgence. As the world grapples with how best to address climate change, nuclear has found a seat at the table as a viable, zero-carbon energy source.

August 16 marked the Inflation Reduction Act’s one-year anniversary. Vinson & Elkins partners Sean Moran and Lauren Collins, alongside counsels Mary Alexander and Heather Behrend, share their perspective on the law’s whirlwind first year, the state of play today, and the promising road ahead.

On August 10, 2023, the Department of Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) providing additional guidance to taxpayers on the “Low-Income Communities Bonus” (“LICB”) available under section 48(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

On June 14, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued proposed regulations and temporary regulations regarding the direct pay election for certain tax credits available under section 6417 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

Taxpayers have anxiously been awaiting clarity on energy community status based on the 2022 unemployment rates to establish location in an energy community through metropolitan statistical area (“MSA”) or non-metropolitan statistical area (“non-MSA”).

On June 14, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued proposed and temporary regulations regarding the transfer elections for certain tax credits available under section 6418 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

On May 31, 2023, the Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued Notice 2023-44 (the “Notice”), providing additional guidance on the program established under section 48C(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to allocate $10 billion of tax credits for qualifying investments in eligible advanced energy projects (the “Advanced Energy Project Credit”).