ESG & Industry Updates

Executive Orders - Energy Policies Impacted

Posted by Kelly Burke on Jan 31, 2025 3:20:46 PM

First - a reminder - Tariffs are (as of writing) still set to kick in this weekend on all imports from Mexico and Canada, and thus far they do not exempt oil imports from Canada, which could impact New England over the next several weeks, barring updates. We won't know what, if any, impacts there will be until early next week, most likely. Petitions are pending to exempt oil imports from the tariffs but there has not been any publicly confirmed change on that by the Administration as of Friday afternoon. Additionally, there are looming questions about price impacts on electricity in Northern New England that is Canadian sourced and whether that would be subject to the same 25% tariff.

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Topics: EPA, Climate Change, tariff, Trump Administration, Biden Administration, paris accord, offshore wind, ev

Industry Issues in Limbo  - What to Watch in 2025

Posted by Kelly Burke on Jan 22, 2025 3:33:16 PM

The change in Presidential Administrations this December-January season has left an unprecedented amount of issues open across the transition period, including a multitude that specifically affect the Energy and Transportation Industries. Truth be told, there are too many items up in the air to cover where we are on all of them in one update, so we will try our best and keep you posted as the news cycles turn.

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Topics: Carbon Emissions, tariff, Trump Administration, Biden Administration, ZEV

IRA Act & Energy Credit Clarification Waiting on Election Cycle

Posted by Kelly Burke on Nov 4, 2024 4:15:00 AM

As we round into 2025, and the election day preceding it, we thought it would be helpful to highlight energy related tax, credit, and funding items that either have an expiration looming December 31, 2024, are slated to kick on January 1, 2025... OR that have their passage or continuation hanging in the balance depending on how the election goes.  If you're in Massachusetts, there are a host of additional items on the horizon, by the way, the following are Federal Level items:

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Topics: Biodiesel Tax Credit, Biodiesel, Carbon Emissions, Trump Administration, Biden Administration, Inflation Reduction Act, Carbon Capture, Clean Fuel Production Credit, renewable diesel

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