In Washington, hopes are not lost for the tax extenders bill for biodiesel and other renewable energy despite not having been approved before Congress broke for the Christmas recess. A continuing resolution to keep the government running is set for a vote on January 19 where the National Biodiesel Board is fairly confident a tax […]
In Washington, the US Senate passed the tax extenders bill, including the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit, 76-16. The tax extender legislation including a one-year retroactive extension of four key advanced biofuels tax provisions as part of a larger package of tax credit extensions. These four advanced biofuels incentives include: (1) the Second Generation […]
In Washington, the Congress has reconvened for its “lame-duck” post-election session, and high on the agenda has been the “tax extenders” — a series of 55 or so popular corporate tax breaks, some nearly universal such as corporate research deductions. Some that impact individual industries, and advanced biofuels amongst them. Primarily we hear this about […]
In Washington, the Obama Administration developed and has been debating an option to kill the Section 1705 DOE Loan Guarantee program, and transfer remaining funds to a pool for Section 1603 investment tax credits that, as currently structured, are unavailable for biofuels. Solar, wind win, biofuels lose The big potential winner, wind energy, and possibly […]
