Tax Credits for Clean Hydrogen Production Facilities: Hydrogen ITC, 45V PTC, Recent IRS Guidance, Eligibility

Ms. Collins focuses on tax matters related to project finance, with an emphasis on renewable energy and infrastructure assets. She has represented clients in the financing, disposition, acquisition, and development of renewable energy and energy transition projects, including solar, wind, energy storage, hydrogen, carbon sequestration, fuel cell, biogas, RNG, and manufacturing facilities, among others. Ms. Collins has considerable experience utilizing a variety of structures to finance these assets and has helped develop some of the most complex and cutting-edge renewable energy financing transactions in the U.S., including numerous first-of-its-kind deals. She represents Fortune 50 companies, investors, utilities, sponsors, and developers in the renewable energy space and has advised clients more broadly in connection with various federal and state tax matters. Ms. Collins experience includes tax equity, tax credit finance and sales, M&A, reorganizations and bankruptcy, project finance, and structured finance.

Mr. Platner provides strategic counsel on legal, legislative and regulatory issues, including tax, energy, and international trade. He has extensive experience developing and implementing successful government relations programs. Mr. Platner has a refined understanding of the political landscape, supported by technical knowledge and a wealth of experience drafting issue papers, advising on legislative and regulatory matters, and building and advocating winning legislative strategies for participants in energy and related markets. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Platner was a lobbyist and the Tax Director for the American Petroleum Institute from 1992-2009 and the Tax and International Trade Counsel for U.S. Senator John H. Chafee from 1988 to 1992.

Mr. Staiger is a member of the firm’s tax section and concentrates his practice in business law and taxation, with a specific focus on energy-related projects. He frequently represents clients involved in renewable energy and energy transition projects, including solar, wind, carbon sequestration, biodiesel and renewable fuels. Mr. Staiger has represented investors and developers in connection with the development, acquisition and disposition of renewable projects. He also has extensive experience representing oil and gas producers and midstream companies operating in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Texas and Oklahoma in connection with the acquisition and disposition of oil and gas assets. Mr. Staiger's experience includes negotiating joint development and exploration agreements, gas gathering and processing agreements; physical gas trading and marketing agreements, including NAESB, ISDA with Gas Annex and related contracts, mineral conveyances, title certification and diligence, IADC drilling contracts, farmout agreements, services agreements, pipeline rights of way and other agreements related to joint ventures.