Federal promotions loomed this month great for the solar industry, for better or worse.
Treasury Post Final rules for new technology-neutral tax credits for clean energy
Washington, DC
The Treasury department has released the final rules for the new 48th Clean Electricity Investment Credit. The previously solar and wind-specific credits now include hydropower, geothermal and other zero mission technologies.
Treasury provides definitive rules for IRA bonus credit with low incomes
Washington, DC
Treasury published final rules for the IRA Bonus Credit program with low incomes that contain an extensive list of qualification technologies as defined by the legal transition to the 48th credit. The new guidelines also clarify the suitability requirements for important categories, including the expansion of the list of housing programs that can participate.
ITC says that the domestic active anodia material industry has been damaged by Chinese import
Washington, DC
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has brought a confirmive provision in its provisional anti -dumping and countervailing obligation (AD/CVD) research into active anodia material from China. The ITC will continue its research into AAM, and the trade department will then determine the details behind the dumped and subsidized product from China.
ITC ends sec. 337 Research between schools and tension
Washington, DC
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to end the SEC. 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 research between schools and tension on connector products of solar panels. The ITC has determined that the voltage did not violate. 337 by importing connectors and wire harnesses that infringe in schooloctries.
5 Sun companies included in the latest series of forbidden entities under UFLPA
Washington, DC
De Dept. Or Homeland Security recently added 37 entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, including five companies involved in the Solar Market. The UFLPA prohibits all imported goods from Xinjiang, an area in China that determined the United States, slave labor of the Uyghur people, an ethnic minority in the region.
European Group is investigating Ja Solar -daughter company on the UFLPA list, says that everything is good
Washington, DC
A study by European experts in the field of Zonne -Supply Chain into the production -efforts of Donghai Ja Solar, which was recently added to the UFLPA forbidden entity list by the Untied States, showed that the JA Solar -DidderDanding -efforts in 2018 stopped. Investigation, the European Council, immediately abolished the temporary membership of Ja Solar.
American solar waffles that have given more weight in the latest bonus guidance for domestic content
Washington, DC
The Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released additional guidelines on the IRAs Domestic Content Bonus (45X) for the production and investment tax credits, together with updated safe port tables. Now there are optional alternative cost percentages for developers who use solar cells that are made with waffles produced in their own country to recognize the added costs versus imported waffles.
17 Procurneys -General ask the congress to protect the IRA
Washington, DC
A coalition of 17 lawyers -general led by Massachusett’s attorney -general Andrea Joy Campbell sent a letter in which he encouraged congresse leaders to protect the investments that the IRA supported throughout the country. The AGs emphasize the benefits of the IRA for states in the political spectrum.
Trump calls for a revision of the provisions of the Inflation reduction ACT
Washington, DC
In his first day at the office, President Donald Trump initiated a 90 -day assessment and freezing of payouts in what the Office of Management and Budget “Green New Deal” related parts of the inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure and Jobs Act called. Keith Martin, partner at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, said that the freezing has no influence on tax credits under the IRA, because they cannot be withdrawn or refused by executive order.
Labor Dept. Or Labor approves IREC and SEIA guidelines for Solar Energy programs
Washington, DC
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) have received approval by the US Dept. Or Labor for national guidelines for registered student programs for the solar industry. The guidelines offer a template that companies can use to make high -quality student programs that meet the federal regulations.
Connecticut increases the amount of incentives available for the growing market for C&I Energy Storage
Hartford, Connecticut
The Regulatory Authority of the Connecticut Public Utilities has announced updates for its energy storage solutions program, including the opening of Tranche 3 of the commercial and industrial stimuli, as well as the redistribution of 140 MW capacity of the residential sector to the C&I sector to match With the growing demand for the growing demand. Residential customers can still receive up to $ 16,000 in prior stimuli.
Two new Massachusetts accounts are intended to stimulate distributed solar development
Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Senator James Eldridge and Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis proposed two new accounts that will give priority to access to local solar projects and distributed energy sources. The Mosaic Act and facilitating the Ders Act would allow the project current lines, update the grid for the integration of renewable energy and more.
The legislators introduce Bill to start the Solar program of the Community in Washington State
Olympia, Washington
Two Democratic state laws in the state of Washington recently introduced the fair access to Community Solar Act, a bill that makes an extensive community program possible for the community. The bill would require that at least 50% of the capacity of the community project of the community is provided to residential subscribers, where 30% is reserved for households with a low income or service providers with a low income.