Join Heather Cooper, partner, at Energy Tax Equity & Credit Markets as she moderates the panel, “Meeting the tax equity & tax credit buyer investment needs for DG, C&I, community solar, and other smaller projects.”

The introduction of transferability opened the door for sub-utility scale projects to gain the financial benefits of tax equity investments that had for the most part hitherto impossible to attract from traditional TE investors. However, developers and sponsors of community solar, BTM storage, C&I, resi, and other DG projects ran into difficulties selling tax credits in 2024. Due diligence requirements of potential buyers, the complexities of administering portfolios, and the difficulties of aggregating for wholesale market participation vs to facilitate financing have created challenges for those looking to obtain tax credit investments for small-to-midsized deals. This panel will discuss gaining buyers of tax credits for smaller scale projects, the risk/reward profile both alone and wrapped into a portfolio, and how sub-utility scale developers are using incentives.

Topics of discussion include:

• How are the new begun construction guidance and compliance strategies for projects under
• 1.5 mw likely to affect tax credit financing in the DG market?
• How do the buyers for tax credits from smaller projects differ from those for larger projects?
• How are new tax equity and tax credit structures influencing portfolio valuation
  assumptions? Are equity and energy community adders helping? What about the tax
  incentives for 5MW and under?
• What’s the outlook for BTM assets, project economics, and tax credit sales?
• How much can administrative burdens be reduced?
• Are insurance costs too high to be considered for smaller projects?

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