Contractor claims Edison stalls projects for tax credits
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A large-scale energy infrastructure firm has sued Southern California Edison (SCE), alleging deliberate delay of key battery storage projects to obtain hundreds of millions in federal tax credits. This lawsuit could potentially expose unplanned impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy incentives. The firm has accused SCE of bad faith, breach of contract, and a deliberate attempt to postpone projects.
In a significant development, a major energy infrastructure company has taken legal action against Southern California Edison (SCE). The lawsuit alleges that SCE purposefully held up large battery storage projects to gain federal tax credits amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. Such allegations, if substantiated, could cast a shadow on the unintended negative impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy incentives.
The legal proceedings, lodged at the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, accuse SCE of calculatedly delaying project completion. This is in addition to the charges of bad faith and breach of contract that SCE has been accused of.
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