December 23, 2010 07:39
The renewable energy industry got a nice holiday present this year. On December 17, 2010, President Obama signed into law H.R. 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the "Tax Relief Act"). Included among the panoply of tax cuts is a tax grant extension cheered by the renewable energy industry.
Section 707 of the Tax Relief Act extends by one year the deadline for commencing construction of specified energy property, such as solar facilities, to be eligible to receive a grant of 30% of the cost of the property from the U.S. Treasury under Se...