WRI regularly offers educational webinars for a broad array of stakeholders, covering topics like federal funding and financing for clean energy projects, clean energy and vehicle tax credits, elective pay, the role of cities in maximizing federal clean energy incentives, local clean energy “wins” and case studies, and more.

See below for links to register for upcoming webinars as well as slides and recordings from past webinars on these topics. You can also sign up for WRI’s Clean Energy Pulse email newsletter to make sure you never miss an upcoming webinar.

Integrating Elective Pay Tax Credits into Government Procurement and RFPs

This webinar covered how tax-exempt entities can fully integrate elective pay into their existing procurement and bidding processes. Based on their collaboration in the Lighthouse Cohort, representatives from WRI, Lawyers for Good Government, and the Government Finance Officers Association shared what they have learned about the most important considerations for using elective pay, from the basics to complex financing strategies. Additionally, L4GG discussed RFPs and will share information on upcoming draft sample RFP language. View the slides and recording above, and click the link for a full suite of resources shared during the event.

 

Funding Opportunities for Nonprofits, Municipalities, and Communities

September 26, 2024 3-4:30 pm EDT

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a briefing that explored the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding dedicated to nonprofit organizations and municipalities. WRI's US Clean Energy Specialist Ian Goldsmith spoke about the IRA’s “direct pay” mechanism, featuring insights and learnings about how cities can use (and in some cases, are using) direct pay in their renewable energy projects. These findings were pulled from our IRA “Roadmap for Cities” as well as our one-on-one work with local government practitioners via the IRA Lighthouse Cohorts. 

To view Ian's presentation directly, visit this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Ot3r8Yq40&t=1929s.

 

Maximizing Clean Energy Opportunities in the Inflation Reduction Act: A Roadmap for U.S. Local Governments

September 19, 2023 1-2:30pm EDT

Building on our previous webinar in July, this webinar introduced WRI’s new resource for local governments providing a “roadmap” for maximizing IRA incentives for clean energy projects. WRI experts explained clean energy tax credits and walked through the varying roles that local governments can play in accelerating the mass adoption of clean energy technologies. Attendees heard from representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy, Bloomberg Philanthropies, WRI and local governments.

 

How Cities Can Maximize Inflation Reduction Act Opportunities as Clean Energy Customers, Conveners & Catalysts

July 25, 2023 2-3pm EDT

Almost a year after the passage of the IRA, this webinar offered a “101-level” breakdown of how cities can take advantage of the new economic landscape for clean energy spurred by the landmark legislation. In addition to WRI experts, attendees heard from leading cities who were already actively integrating elective pay and clean energy tax credits introduced in the IRA into their programs.

 

Exploring New Guidance on IRA Tax Incentives for Clean Energy

July 6, 2023 1-2pm EDT

This panel discussion provided a quick-turn reaction to and exploration of new proposed guidance issued in the summer of 2023 by the U.S. Treasury Department on elective pay and transferability as well as bonus incentives for energy communities, domestic content, and low-income benefits. The panelists, including experts in finance, law and project development, covered the implications of these new incentives for clean energy projects.

 

Play Your Part: Understanding How Cities Can Take Advantage of IRA Grants, New IRS Provisions and Direct Pay Models to Advance Communitywide Clean Energy Projects

December 15, 2022 12-1pm EST

Following the passage of the IRA and building on our team’s work around clean energy opportunities in the BIL, in this webinar, experts from WRI and RMI explained how local governments and other eligible entities can “stack” IRS tax provisions and utilize elective pay to fully take advantage of the new and improved economic landscape enabled by the IRA. This took existing work through the City Renewables Accelerator’s Federal Funding Learning Series and pivoted it toward breaking down new opportunities in the IRA and what local preparation was needed to prepare for new provisions. This “market outlook” and was one of the first and only resources of its kind at the time, given that the IRA was signed into law in August of 2022.