Transferring clean energy tax credits
to support the businesses that
power our planet.
Transfer Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits with Blue Planet Credits
Blue Planet Credits brings value, simplicity, and sanity to the monetization of investment and production tax credits.
- Credit transfer is cost-effective, stream-lined, and a proven monetization method
- Transfer – sell – your clean energy credits in an efficient two-party transaction to retain significantly higher credit value, at amounts nearing full value
- BPC principals have been transferring tax credits for over 20 years. As a result, we have established credit-buyers with appetites of over $1 billion annually
We minimize risks and successfully navigate our clients through the legal process of earning, selling, and buying clean energy tax credits.
Contact us to sell or buy clean energy tax credits.
Learn more about clean energy credits, how to transfer, and the advantages of working with Blue Planet Credits below.
IRA expands clean energy tax incentives and introduces credit transfer
Summary of key tax credit transfer provisions:
- Invests $30 billion in clean energy tax credits to support solar, wind, nuclear, battery storage, carbon capture and more to rapidly accelerate the transition to clean energy and expand financing models.
- Creates credit transfer for private businesses and direct pay for governments and nonprofits allow businesses to retain full value – or nearly full value – of their tax incentives.
- Tiered ITC & PTC value structure. Generally, value = base credit + bonus for meeting prevailing wage & apprenticeship (PWA) requirements. An additional 10% boost can be claimed for meeting “domestic content” + up to 10% boost for meeting “energy community” requirements.
- Up to an additional 20% bonus may be available to projects meeting specific requirements and sites in low income, tribal nation, and environmental justice communities. (National 1.8 gigawatt annual cap.)
- Prior to 60 days after bonus rules are published by IRS, businesses can claim bonus value attributed to PWA without meeting the requirements.
- New 15% corporate alternative minimum tax on corporations with adjusted income over $1 billion will bring high volumes of tax credit buyers seeking to offset new alternative tax.
Review IRA legislation and updates or contact us to learn more.
Our tax credit transfer process
Blue Planet Credits (BPC) ensures that more credit value remains with clean energy businesses by offering a simple credit transfer process as an alternative to current, more costly monetization methods.
We reduce transaction risks, offer high rates of return, draft and execute all agreements, and disburse funds. BPC is paid upon credit transfer, minimizing your up-front costs.
We are already matching buyers and sellers. Contact us to begin structuring your transaction.
Blue Planet Credits, leading experts in tax credit transfer
Blue Planet principals:
- Established the nation’s first credit transfer market in 2000 and have completed over 5,000 credit transfers totaling over $250 million.
- Adapted this successful credit transfer market to support IRA clean energy credit transfer.
- Maintain seasoned and reliable pool of credit purchasers with appetites for over $1 billion annually.
- Foster relationships with the IRS and treasury to advocate on behalf of our sellers and update our clients on rapidly evolving developments in the field.
Contact us early to best leverage our expertise in structuring and executing your clean energy credit transfer.
completed over
5000
transactions
secured buyers for
$1B+
in credits annually
transferred over
$250M
credits
Transfer Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits with Blue Planet Credits
Blue Planet Credits brings value, simplicity, and sanity to the monetization of investment and production tax credits.
- Credit transfer is cost-effective, stream-lined, and a proven monetization method
- Transfer – sell – your clean energy credits in an efficient two-party transaction to retain significantly higher credit value, at amounts nearing full value
- BPC principals have been transferring tax credits for over 20 years. As a result, we have established credit-buyers with appetites of over $1 billion annually
We minimize risks and successfully navigate our clients through the legal process of earning, selling, and buying clean energy tax credits.
Contact us to sell or buy clean energy tax credits.
Learn more about clean energy credits, how to transfer, and the advantages of working with Blue Planet Credits below.
IRA expands clean energy tax incentives & introduces credit transfer
IRA expands clean energy tax incentives & introduces credit transfer
Summary of key tax credit transfer provisions:
- Invests $30 billion in clean energy tax credits to support solar, wind, nuclear, battery storage, carbon capture and more to rapidly accelerate the transition to clean energy and expand financing models.
- Tiered ITC & PTC value structure. Generally, value = base credit + bonus for meeting prevailing wage & apprenticeship (PWA) requirements. An additional 10% boost can be claimed for meeting “domestic content” + up to 10% boost for meeting “energy community” requirements.
- Up to an additional 20% bonus may be available to projects meeting specific requirements and sites in low income, tribal nation, and environmental justice communities. (National 1.8 gigawatt annual cap.)
- Prior to 60 days after bonus rules are published by IRS, businesses can claim bonus value attributed to PWA without meeting the requirements.
- New 15% corporate alternative minimum tax on corporations with adjusted income over $1 billion will bring high volumes of tax credit buyers seeking to offset new alternative tax.
Review IRA legislation and updates or contact us to learn more.
Our tax credit transfer process
Our tax credit transfer process
Blue Planet Credits (BPC) ensures that more credit value remains with clean energy businesses by offering a simple credit transfer process as an alternative to current, more costly monetization methods.
We reduce transaction risks, offer high rates of return, draft and execute all agreements, and disburse funds. BPC is paid upon credit transfer, minimizing your up-front costs.
We are already matching buyers and sellers. Contact us to begin structuring your transaction.
Blue Planet Credits, leading experts in tax credit transfer
Blue Planet Credits, leading experts in tax credit transfer
Blue Planet principals:
- Established the nation’s first credit transfer market in 2000 and have completed over 5,000 credit transfers totaling over $250 million.
- Adapted this successful credit transfer market to support IRA clean energy credit transfer.
- Maintain seasoned and reliable pool of credit purchasers with appetites for over $1 billion annually.
- Foster relationships with the IRS and treasury to advocate on behalf of our sellers and update our clients on rapidly evolving developments in the field.
Contact us early to best leverage our expertise in structuring and executing your clean energy credit transfer.
completed over
5000
transactions
secured buyers for
$1B+
in credits annually
transferred over
$250M
credits
Our Team
DEBRA PENTZ
Attorney at Law
Director, Blue Planet Credits
Ms. Pentz is an attorney specializing in tax credit transfer and private land conservation.
She received her JD from the University of Colorado School of Law and her BA in political science with an economics concentration from Dickinson College. She serves as Co-founder and Director at both Blue Planet Credits (BPC) and the nonprofit Conservation Resource Center (CRC).me
She received her JD from the University of Colorado School of Law and her BA in political science with an economics concentration from Dickinson College. She serves as Co-founder and Director at both Blue Planet Credits (BPC) and the nonprofit Conservation Resource Center (CRC).
Instrumental in the development of the Tax Credit Exchange, the nation’s first credit transfer market, Ms. Pentz also authored State Conservation Credits: Impact and Analysis (2007), assessing the early effectiveness of state conservation tax credit incentives guiding other states contemplating enactment.
In addition to her work at BPC and the nonprofit CRC, Ms. Pentz has served as:
• Adjunct Professor of Environmental Policy at Fort Lewis College
• Program Manager at Great Outdoors Colorado
• Program Manager for the City of Boulder Office of Environmental Affairs
• President of the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts (now, Keep it Colorado)
MIKE STRUGAR
Attorney at Law
Director, Blue Planet Credits
Mr. Strugar is an attorney specializing in real estate law and the transfer of tax credits.
He has a law degree, as well as a master’s degree in Natural Resource Management, both from the University of Michigan. Mr. Strugar practiced real estate law for ten years as a partner at Holme Roberts & Owen, a national law firm. In 1993, he established the Conservation Resource Center (CRC)…
He has a law degree, as well as a master’s degree in Natural Resource Management, both from the University of Michigan. Mr. Strugar practiced real estate law for ten years as a partner at Holme Roberts & Owen, a national law firm. In 1993, he established the Conservation Resource Center (CRC), a nonprofit organization focused on land conservation and tax credit transfers.
Within the tax credit arena, Mr. Strugar:
• Assisted with the organic statute and regulations establishing the first in the US directly transferable tax credits in 2000.
• Worked with the IRS in creating the initial guidance for transferable tax credits, which guidance has been the basis for transfers of more than $20 Billion of tax credits.
• Established the first marketplace for the transfer of tax credits, and has been directly involved with the transfer of over $250 Million of tax credits, and over 1,000 tax credit transfer transactions.
He has served as an adjunct Professor of Law at University of Denver Law School, and as an expert witness in cases involving the transfer of tax credits.
Ready to transfer your tax credits with Blue Planet Credits?
Contact us with questions or to begin structuring your tax credit transfer.
Ready to transfer your tax credits with Blue Planet Credits?
Contact us with questions or to begin structuring your tax credit transfer.