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About the Episode:

Billy Lee, Co-founder & President of Reunion Infrastructure, discusses the complexities in monetizing tax credits from renewable energy projects. Learn how Reunion is navigating through tax equity barriers that have historically disadvantaged smaller distributed solar projects. The discussion delves into the transformative impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), unraveling how Reunion connects developers and corporate buyers in the purchase of clean energy tax credits. Also, learn about Billy's journey from working in oil and gas investment banking to becoming a renewable energy entrepreneur.

Helpful RESOURCES:

Connect with Billy Lee:

• LinkedIn

Check out Reunion Infrastructure:

• Website | LinkedIn | X

Further Reading & Resources: 

• The Launch of Reunion’s Marketplace of Clean Energy Tax Credits
• Reunion’s Founding Story
• The End of Tax Equity as You Know It
• The Early Transferability Market & Why We Invested In Reunion Infrastructure

Key Takeaways:

• Monetization of Tax credits: Efficient monetization of renewable energy project tax credits has long plagued the industry; with the IRA, a new avenue for green investment and financing emerges that does far more than just help finance solar.
• Market Liquidity: Reunion Infrastructure’s marketplace of transferable tax credits, demonstrates how effectively creating liquidity in the renewable energy market can drive industry growth and foster innovation.
• Solving Tax Equity Complexities: The IRA's introduction of tax credit transferability addresses historical barriers faced by smaller distributed solar projects, overcoming complexities associated with tax equity that primarily favored large centralized energy projects. We also learn the pie is much larger than just energy generation.

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NOTEWORTHY QUOTE:

“We set up our unit to be a marketplace that really facilitates the purchase and sale of these credits. And our thesis was that the folks doing tax equity will continue to do tax equity. The folks joining buying tax credits are going to be companies from all walks of corporate America, right. And that’s a big subset of entities out there.”

— Billy Lee

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