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Catch the Wind, Follow the Sun

As North Carolina and the United States look ahead to economic recovery, renewal, and prosperity in this new year and new decade, we should look ahead to the role of renewable energy and energy efficiency in that recovery, renewal and more prosperous times.
Our firm has expanded our practice areas to include advising, counseling, negotiating and assisting clients in renewable energy and energy tax credit transactions. Steve Carr has been working with and advising clients in energy investments, energy management, energy savings, and other energy regulatory matters and transactions for more than 25 years, and renewable energy is the new energy model for at least the next 25 years.
Our firm can help clients explore the options of renewable energy investments, projects, and incentives for a brighter, cleaner, and carbon-neutral North Carolina.

A history of service

The founders of Ellinger & Carr, PLLC have been providing legal services to individuals, businesses, nonprofits, housing authorities, and communities throughout North and South Carolina, and negotiating and closing complex commercial transactions on the East Coast, in the Gulf Coast and Florida, with combined experience of more than 40 years. Read More >

April 15, 2010

Public Policy and Tax Incentives - Renewable Energy Tax Credits and other 2009 Renewable Energy Laws

Tax Credits 
North Carolina’s public policy has for more than 10 years included the allowance of tax credits for investing in renewable energy property, and the General Assembly in the past legislative session (2009) extended the credit and added to the definitions of “renewable energy property” to include geothermal heat pumps and other geothermal equipment. 
The General [...]

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2009 Renewable Energy Laws - Leases, Loans, RECs, and . . . Clotheslines

Laws
The General Assembly enacted 27 laws in the 2009 session touching on multiple aspects of renewable energy.  One law  (House Bill 464, Session Law 2009-149) conferred authority on the City of Raleigh to “sole source” land leases for a term of up to 20 years for the siting and operation of renewable energy facilities, when [...]

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