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Financing Renewable Energy Conference

Using Tax Credits to Finance Solar, Wind, and Other Renewable Sources

November 11-12, 2009
Washington, D.C.
Four Seasons Washington D.C.
Wednesday: 9:00 a.m.-5:10 p.m. • Thursday: 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Early Bird Special! Register by October 16, 2009 and receive $50 off the registration price.


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Agenda

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Day One
8:00 a.m. Registration and Networking Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Welcome and Audience Introductions
9:40 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Washington Wire
  • Report card on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
  • How the renewable energy industry is responding to ARRA
  • Update on the Treasury grant program
  • The types of deals Treasury is seeing
  • Federal loan guarantee program update
  • Additional issues
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Market Outlook from the Experts
  • What is and is not happening in the market place
  • Factors driving transactions
  • The Stimulus and its renewables provisions
  • A look ahead: the future of the renewable energy
12:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Lunch and Keynote Speaker
2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Solar Transactions – Current Developments
  • Hear from active developers
    • How the economy halted development and what is being done
  • Expectations for the remainder of 2009 and prognosis for 2010
3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Wind Transactions – Current Developments
  • ITC in lieu of PTC
  • Treasury grants
  • Done deals
  • What the future holds
4:00 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. Tax Equity Market Update
  • State of the tax equity market
    • How ARRA has changed the game
    • How the industry is adapting to ARRA
  • Structures used to close transactions
  • Emerging Investors
5:15 pm – 6:30 pm Networking Reception
6:30 pm Day One Concludes

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Day Two
8:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Combining the Subsidies – Pairing PTC, ITC (or Treasury Grants) with New Markets Tax Credits
  • Marrying PTCs and ITCs with NMTCs
    • Benefits
    • Challenges
  • Intricacies particular to using NMTCs in a renewable energy transaction
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Investment Structures – A Closer Look
  • Transaction Structures
    • Sale leaseback
    • Lease-pass-through
    • Partnership “flip”
  • Choosing the appropriate structure for your project
    • Factors that motivate parties to choose one over the other
      • Enhancing yields
      • Responding to underwriting concerns
      • Complying with tax requirements
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Valuations of Solar Facilities / GAAP Issues Affecting Developers & Investors
  • Preparing appraisals of solar installations
    • methodologies and practitioner insights
  • Accounting for GAAP purposes
    • preferred methods and technical issues
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. Ask The Experts – Legal and Accounting Q&A
12:00 p.m. Conference Concludes