The Navigating Uncertainty: Clean Energy Investment Trends (2026-2029) report shows that clean energy investors and developers largely plan to increase their investments in 2026 but cite policy, regulatory, and interconnection uncertainty as the biggest risks to their investment strategy after this year.
Lesley Hunter
Team Member
Senior Vice President, Policy and Engagement
hunter@acore.org
Lesley Hunter is ACORE’s Senior Vice President of Policy and Engagement, overseeing the organization’s policy work, including government and regulatory affairs and related member activities. Lesley also leads the development of educational resources and analysis on clean energy for policymaker and business audiences.
Lesley has over 15 years of experience in clean energy, leading prominent coalitions on tax equity, financial policies, corporate sustainability, and national security. She is the author of numerous publications and is a frequent commentator on these issues.
She is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego, where she studied international relations, anthropology, and history.
Featured Work
New Report Highlights Clean Energy Investment Trends Amid Policy Uncertainty
ACORE released a new report on the clean energy investment landscape showing that the clean energy market surged at the end of 2025, and investment in clean energy projects is likely to reach a record high in 2026.
ACORE Comment Letter to the Treasury Department and IRS on the Foreign Entities of Concern Guidance
- Finance
- Policy
- Project Finance
- Comments & Testimony
ACORE’s comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on Notice 2026-15, the first substantive guidance to implement new Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) requirements under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
ACORE Comment Letter to the California Air Resources Board on Corporate GHG Disclosure Program
- Policy
- Sustainable Investing & ESG
- Comments & Testimony
ACORE submitted a letter on February 9 to the California Air Resources Board advocating for sufficient flexibility in its implementation of the California Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.
Tax Stability for Energy Dominance
Tax Stability for Energy Dominance, an ACORE report, explores how American leadership and innovation across all energy sources can advance American energy dominance.
Bridging Demand and Financing: Voluntary Offtake in Clean Energy
This report explains how voluntary offtake agreements support clean energy projects and addresses common misconceptions about their value.
ACORE Letter to House Ways and Means Committee on Potential Tax Reform
ACORE submitted comments to the House Ways and Means Committee on potential tax reforms that could impact clean energy.
ACORE Comments in Response to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Section 45Y and 48E Credits
- Project Finance
- Tax Incentives & Appropriations
- Comments & Testimony
ACORE submitted comments on the Section 45Y Production Tax Credit (“PTC”) and Section 48E Investment Tax Credit (“ITC”).
ACORE Comments on Promoting Supply Chain Resilience
- Trade & Supply Chain
- Comments & Testimony
ACORE responded to the Office of the United States Trade Representative’s request for comments on promoting supply chain resilience.
Tax Equity: Enabling Clean Energy and Growing the American Economy
- Project Finance
- Tax Incentives & Appropriations
- Fact Sheets
In this ACORE fact sheet, learn why tax equity for clean energy projects is important, who makes tax equity investments, and how tax equity works.
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