Tribal energy advisory

Working with Wipfli’s tribal energy advisory at the earliest stages of your project gives you greater support and guidance in maximizing your potential energy incentives. With a team including CPA tax professionals, tax attorneys, architects and engineers, we can examine all aspects of your energy project to help you maximize eligible costs.  

We offer support for:  

• Feasibility studies: Gain a clearer view of the scope and cost of your project.  
• Estimating credits: Our engineers and tax professionals can help you estimate the minimum and maximum tax credits available. 
• Identifying obstacles: We work with your team to identify potential hurdles impacting your credits, including tax-exempt financing, so that you can maintain regulatory compliance for tribal energy projects.

Wipfli’s team of architects and engineers can help you dissect costs and maximize the qualifying components of your energy project. We’re ready to provide regulatory assistance for tribal energy projects and help you prepare for certification with support including: 

• Qualification and evaluation of costs for the investment tax credit (ITC). 
• Technology-neutral ITC adders and the necessary support, including prevailing wage and apprenticeship, domestic content requirements, energy community requirements and low-income community requirements. 
• Computation of the estimated value of credit, including any required reductions (if applicable). 
• Preparing all the necessary tax forms to claim your credits. 

Wipfli’s tribal energy project consulting brings extensive tax experience to help you prepare for tax credit filing with the IRS. In addition to navigating Form 990, we can support you in: 

• Documentation and study form certification. 
• Preparing the necessary tax forms. 
• Navigating direct pay. 
• Navigating the IRS pre-registration portal system.

Wipfli takes a comprehensive approach to tribal energy advisory, with a multidisciplinary team of consultants who can fulfill roles including:   

• Architects and engineers: Provide support at the earliest planning stages, maximize qualifying components and plan for the scope and costs of your project.  
• CPA tax professionals and tax attorneys: Identify potential hurdles, prepare the necessary tax documents, prepare a final report and documentation, navigate direct pay and assist with the IRS pre-registration portal system.  

Wipfli supports a wide range of credit and incentive opportunities, with focus areas including:  

• Geothermal 
• Battery storage 
• Microgrids for tribes  
• Investment tax credit 
• Prevailing wage and apprenticeship 
• Low-income community requirements 
• Domestic content requirements