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The IRA, Three Years Later: Navigating OBBB Tax Credit Changes

Understand how OBBB changes IRA clean energy tax credits and discover strategies to navigate new deadlines and supply chain requirements.

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act reshapes IRA clean energy tax incentives, speeding phaseouts, adding strict supply chain rules, and ending key programs. Relae’s policy team analyzed the most critical changes, providing developers and investors with a clear guide to timelines, eligibility, stackability, and accessibility.

What's Inside

  • How to align project schedules with new tax credit deadlines
  • Why FEOC rules could disrupt clean energy supply chains and financing
  • Which strategies optimize credit stackability under the revised law

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Authors
Rory Jacobson
Head of Policy
As Head of Policy at Relae, Rory leverages his background to design and analyze the impact of energy and agricultural policy from the global scale to project-level. Rory brings extensive expertise on state, national, and international emissions and energy policies to guide successful project investment and ensure regulatory compliance across the carbon management ecosystem.
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Rory Jacobson

Head of Policy
As Head of Policy at Relae, Rory leverages his background to design and analyze the impact of energy and agricultural policy from the global scale to project-level. Rory brings extensive expertise on state, national, and international emissions and energy policies to guide successful project investment and ensure regulatory compliance across the carbon management ecosystem.

Rory Jacobson is the Head of Policy at Relae. Previously, he served as the Director of the Carbon Dioxide Removal program within the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In previous roles at DOE, Jacobson has supported and coordinated FECM’s carbon removal and management programs and projects.

Prior to joining DOE, Jacobson was a Deputy Director of Policy at Carbon180, where he managed the federal policy portfolio for engineered carbon removal pathways. He has led carbon management research and analysis in multiple roles, including with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the World Resources Institute, and Relae. Jacobson received his master’s in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry, where he was a Kerry Fellow.

Awards

Kerry Fellowship (2021-2022)

Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

Secretary’s Honor Award (2023)

U.S. Department of Energy

Expertise
  • Environmental Science & Policy
  • Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage (BiCRS)
  • Direct Air Capture (DAC)
  • Project Assurance
Education

MEM, Yale School of Forestry

BS, Society and Environment, BA, Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley

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Thaddeus Woody
Policy Analyst
As a Policy Analyst for Relae, Thad helps our clients navigate the complicated and ever-changing world of regulations and tax incentives. Thad brings a wealth of energy, environment, and climate policy experience from his service at the Department of Energy and as a Legislative Director to a Member of Congress.
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Thaddeus Woody

Policy Analyst
As a Policy Analyst for Relae, Thad helps our clients navigate the complicated and ever-changing world of regulations and tax incentives. Thad brings a wealth of energy, environment, and climate policy experience from his service at the Department of Energy and as a Legislative Director to a Member of Congress.

Before joining Relae, Thaddeus worked in Washington, DC for more than a decade, focusing on energy, environment, and climate policy. Most recently, he served as Legislative Director for Congressman Marc Veasey where he led the Congressman’s legislative team. He is especially proud to have played a part in building transformative climate legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Prior to joining Congressman Veasey’s office, he worked at the U.S. Department of Energy in the office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).

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Expertise
  • Environmental Science & Policy
Education

BA, Government, University of Texas, Austin

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