Energy Finance
Allen Matkins advises clients on various federal, state and local tax incentives available for energy-related projects, including:
- Production tax credits available to wind-based energy projects
- Tax credits available to businesses that develop solar energy projects
- Tax deferral of gain available to sellers of qualifying electric utility properties
- Investment tax credits available to certain advanced, coal-based electricity generation technologies
- Bonus first-year depreciation deductions available to investments in cellulosic biomass ethanol plant property
- Private activity bonds available to qualified green building and sustainable design projects
We also advise clients with respect to state and local tax and other financial incentives, such as:
- Property tax incentives that allow taxpayers to exclude the value of certain solar energy systems from the taxpayer's property tax base
- The California Solar Initiative, which provides rebates to businesses, homebuilders and homeowners who install solar power systems
- The California Emerging Renewables Program, which provides rebates to grid-connected, small wind and fuel cell renewable energy, electric-generating systems
- Local initiatives like the Santa Monica Green Building Program and the Pasadena Green Building Program