Martha Groves Pugh
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Martha (Marty) Groves Pugh advises clients on federal income tax issues with a particular emphasis on the nuclear and energy industries. Marty has helped clients seek and receive many private letter rulings and has extensive experience in drafting legislative language for tax proposals and interacting with the US Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on important industry issues. Her practice also includes tax planning for proposed transactions and advising clients on audits, appeals and litigation issues. Read Martha Groves Pugh's full bio.
CDFI Fund Announces $7 Billion Allocation of New Markets Tax Credits
By K. Christy Vouri-Misso and Martha Groves Pugh on Nov 29, 2016
Posted In Project Development and Finance, Renewables, Tax
On November 17, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced the largest single round award of New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) allocations since the program’s creation in 2001. One hundred and twenty organizations, headquartered in 36 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, were awarded a...
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Court Awards $206 Million to Alta Wind Projects in Section 1603 Grant Litigation
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer, Martha Groves Pugh and Philip Tingle on Nov 4, 2016
Posted In Environmental, Project Development and Finance, Renewables, Tax
The US Court of Federal Claims awarded damages of more than $206 million to the Plaintiffs in a case with respect to the cash grant program under Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Section 1603 Grant). In its opinion, which was unsealed on Monday, October 31, the Court held...
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Final Regulations Define ‘Real Property’ for REITs: Considerations for Renewable Energy and Transmission Assets
By McDermott Will & Emery, Bradford E. LaBonte, Heather Cooper, Martha Groves Pugh and Philip Tingle on Sep 29, 2016
Posted In Renewables, Tax, Uncategorized
On August 31, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Department of the Treasury issued final regulations (Final Regulations) under section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code to clarify the definition of “real property” for purposes of sections 856 through 859 relating to real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Final Regulations largely follow proposed...
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Energy Tax Extenders in FAA Bill Unlikely
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer, Martha Groves Pugh and Philip Tingle on Jun 30, 2016
Posted In Environmental, Project Development and Finance, Renewables, Tax, U.S. Congress
As discussed in our post on April 7, US Congress extended the Production Tax Credit (PTC) under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 45 and the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) under IRC Section 48 in December 2015, but failed to include extensions for certain types of renewable energy property, including fuel cell power plants, stationary microturbine power...
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IRS Revises Recent Begin Construction Guidance
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer, Martha Groves Pugh and Philip Tingle on May 20, 2016
Posted In Renewables, Tax
On May 18, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revised Notice 2016-31 (Notice), its recent guidance on meeting the beginning of construction requirements for wind and other qualified facilities (including biomass, geothermal, landfill gas, trash, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic facilities). For a discussion of the Notice, click here. The revisions clarify that the Continuity...
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IRS Issues Guidance on the Beginning of Construction Rules for Renewable Projects
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer, Martha Groves Pugh and Philip Tingle on May 11, 2016
Posted In Renewables, Tax
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued Notice 2016-31, which provides much-needed guidance for wind and other qualified facilities on meeting the beginning of construction requirements in light of the 2015 statutory extension and modification of the production tax credit and the investment tax credit. The Notice also revises and adds to the list of excusable disruptions...
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Short-Term Reauthorization of FAA Programs Potentially Paves the Way For Omitted Energy Credit Extenders
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer, Martha Groves Pugh and Philip Tingle on Apr 7, 2016
Posted In Project Development and Finance, Renewables, Tax, U.S. Congress
As discussed in our post on March 16, the Congressional extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 45 and the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) under IRC Section 48 in December 2015 failed to include extensions for certain types of renewable energy property, including fuel cell power plants, stationary microturbine...
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President Obama Signs Consolidated Appropriations Act
By Philip Tingle, McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer and Martha Groves Pugh on Mar 16, 2016
Posted In Project Development and Finance, Renewables, Tax, U.S. Congress
Renewable Energy Industry Seeks Additional Energy Credit Clarifications On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2029) (the Act). The Act includes multi-year extensions of the Production Tax Credit (the PTC) under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 45 and the Investment Tax Credit (the ITC) under IRC...
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Key Energy-Related Tax Provisions in the 2017 Budget Proposal
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Martha Groves Pugh and Philip Tingle on Feb 23, 2016
Posted In Environmental, Natural Gas, Renewables, Tax, U.S. Congress
President Obama’s recently released budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year repeats many of his past energy-related tax proposals, including a permanent extension of the renewable energy production tax credit and a provision making it refundable. Making the production tax credit permanent and refundable signals the administration’s continued strong support for renewable energy. This On...
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What Must Be Done for Wind and Solar Projects to Have “Begun Construction” under the New PTC and ITC?
By McDermott Will & Emery, Heather Cooper, Kevin Spencer, Martha Groves Pugh and Philip Tingle on Feb 5, 2016
Posted In Project Development and Finance, Renewables, Tax
With the recent extension of the federal income tax credits available for renewable energy projects, practitioners and industry participants have raised questions as to how the “begun construction” rules will apply under these new regimes. The new regimes refer to the dates on which construction on projects began for purposes of determining qualification for the...
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