Legislative Update

BABA and FEOC Restrictions for Microgrid Developers from One Big Beautiful Bill

Largely, the One Big Beautiful Bill “significantly reduced and tightened federal funding options for renewable energy projects, introducing new eligibility criteria.”

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House Passes Energy and Commerce Legislation to Secure American Energy Supply Chains

“H.R. 3617, the Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act, requires the Department of Energy to assess critical energy resource supply chains, including critical minerals and rare earth elements, and to strengthen supply chains that are vulnerable to disruption or overreliance on adversarial nations.

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2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) News

The Senate has passed the $913.9 billion version of the 2026 NDAA on a bi-partisan basis, 77-20.

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SBIR/STTR News Update

Breaking Defense reports additional information on the impasse that Senate lawmakers are in regarding the Pentagon’s SBIR program.

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Fuel Cell Microgrids Expected to Get a Boost From Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill, While Some Other DERs Suffer

“Under President Trump’s new domestic policy law, solar, wind and electric vehicles take a big hit, losing the investment tax credit. But fuel cells, which gained the credit, are expected to benefit.”

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DOE moves to rescind NEPA to fast-track energy projects

“DOE said the updates are necessary to “fix the broken permitting process” and accelerate energy projects under the law, which has not been significantly revised since the 1980s.”

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Update

The final enacted version retained the up-front, accelerated R&D expense and bonus depreciation provisions previously reported in the July Digest.

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Oct. 2025 Legislative Update

SSTI reported Sept. 10, 2025. that changes may be coming to the SBIR/STTR program.

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