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Title: Legal factors affecting the financing of small scale hydroelectric projects

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5192407· OSTI ID:5192407

An introduction to the major business organizational options open to small-scale hydroelectric (SSH) projects is given. The major federal income tax treatments of these options are compared. Significant general federal income tax factors affecting SSH projects are reintroduced and explained. Some of the special federal income tax problem areas in SSH development are isolated. Tax benefit flow through or transfer mechanisms are discussed. Tax exempt financing opportunities for private SSH projects are reviewed. (MHR)

Research Organization:
Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH (USA). Energy Law Inst.
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-78RA04934
OSTI ID:
5192407
Report Number(s):
DOE/RA/04934-T34; ON: DE84008267
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English