News & Updates

June 9, 2026

NY-Sun prevailing wage compliance applies to every solar PV project of 1 MW (AC) or greater, with obligations stacking across three independent layers: NYSERDA program rules, New York Labor Law Article 8 (Section 224-d), and the federal IRA prevailing wage and apprenticeship regime. This guide breaks down the trigger dates, the registration and certified-payroll sequence, the exemptions, and the penalty schedule across all three layers.

June 9, 2026

California SURGE prevailing wage penalties stack across the Labor Code: Public Utilities Code section 769.2 (AB 2143, amended by AB 1104) pulls covered solar and storage projects into Article 2 of the public works chapter. The exposure includes back wages, 10% interest, section 1775 civil penalties up to $200 per worker per day, section 1742.1 liquidated damages, section 1776 record penalties, monthly eCPR penalties, apprenticeship penalties, debarment, and tariff consequences that now turn on cure under amended section 769.2(d). This guide breaks down coverage triggers, compliance steps, penalty schedules, and the most common mistakes that put SURGE projects at risk.

June 9, 2026

This guide is built for compliance leads, EPC managers, project developers, asset owners, and tax counsel who need a defensible read on which activities trigger IRA prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) obligations and which do not.

June 9, 2026

This guide is written for compliance leads, EPC contractors, developers, tax-equity investors, and credit transferees who claim or rely on the prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) bonus under sections 45, 48, 45Y, 48E.

June 9, 2026

This guide is written for EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) compliance leads, payroll teams, tax-credit sponsors, and contractors and subcontractors performing covered work under the IRA Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship (PWA) regime.

June 9, 2026

This guide is built for compliance leads, tax counsel, EPC managers, project developers, and finance teams who need a defensible read on how to fix an IRA prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) failure before it costs the bonus credit.