Senate approves tax bill with provision to hobble solar, wind tax credits
The bill will now be reconciled with the House version, which does not contain the BEAT provision. SEIA says that it has four Senators who support “fixes”, but was not able to get a modification to the Senate bill.
No fix yet for solar, wind credits in Senate tax bill
Renewable energy trade groups have shown no indication that they will be able to stop a provision in the Senate tax bill which could curtail the benefit of wind and solar tax credits, as the legislation hurtles towards the deadline for the end of debate.
Renewable energy groups mobilize to stop damaging provision in the Senate tax bill
SEIA, ACORE and other groups are scrambling to get exemptions to the BEAT provision, a tax-regulation change that could make it difficult to monetize the ITC and PTC.
The nuts and bolts of BEAT: Keith Martin on the threat to solar and wind tax credits
In this interview Keith Martin of Norton Rose Fulbright explains the details of the BEAT provision in the Senate tax bill, why it is there, and the threat it poses to monetization of the ITC.
“Devastating” provision in tax bill could hobble solar, wind tax credits
Renewable energy trade organizations are scrambling to stop the BEAT provision, which could make it difficult to monetize the ITC and PTC, as the Senate’s tax bill hurtles towards a vote.
TerraForm Power announces billion-dollar bond refinancing
The yieldco is planning to replace $950 million in bonds due 2023 with $1 billion due up to 10 years from now, as its second major move this month to restructure its finances.
JA Solar to go private
JA Solar has signed an agreement to cancel its listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange and go private in an all-cash transaction.
SunEdison to sell up to $417 million in TerraForm stock
The company stands to make a pretty penny by getting out of TerraForm Power.
Sunrun surpasses Tesla/SolarCity in the third party solar market
According to numbers crunched by GTM Research, Sunrun supplied a larger volume of solar leases and PPAs than SolarCity, and if current trajectories continue will have a larger presence in the residential market in 2018 if not sooner.
TerraForm Power refinances with $350 million term loan facility
On the heels of its acquisition by Brookfield, the yieldco is putting its financial house in order.
