About this virtual "lunch and learn"
Who is presenting?
Jon Previtali the vice president of VDE Americas and the senior principal engineer overseeing the development of the company’s natural catastrophe advisory services. An expert in risk mitigation for climate tech funding, Jon has worked with renewable energy and Internet technologies for more than 20 years. During a decade-long tenure at Wells Fargo, one of the largest renewable energy financiers in the United States, Jon contributed to bank-wide initiatives to significantly increase sustainable finance volume. He was also instrumental in the creation of funding programs for emerging carbon-reduction technologies.
David Devir is a principal engineer at VDE Americas. He has over two decades of global product, project, and program management experience in the renewable energy industry. David has spent much of his career optimizing critical solar energy components, including over 15 years working with power conversion devices for solar and energy storage. He has also represented two single-axis tracker manufacturers as a director of services. After more than 20 years working for original equipment manufacturers and multiple engineering procurement and construction companies, David made the conscious decision to leverage his insider knowledge in service to financial lenders and other stakeholders.
Why is this important?
Since the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the regulatory landscape applying to solar project tax credit eligibility has shifted in meaningful ways. On September 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury eliminated the long-standing 5% safe harbor allowance for solar projects, replacing this with requirements pertaining to "physical work of a significant nature." To help solar project stakeholders navigate the post-OBBBA regulatory landscape, VDE Americas is preparing a soon-to-be-released technical memo, "Navigating Beginning of Construction Requirements for Solar Projects."
In this webinar, the lead authors of this timely tech memo will walk attendees through the activities required to meet the mission critical "beginning of construction" deadline (July 4, 2026) to secure solar project tax credit eligibility, including a detailed walkthrough of a 5 MW distributed generation (DG) project example that illustrates the practical application of the new start of construction requirements.
