Alternative Energy
Navigating the alternative energy landscape
Whether you are seeking to:
- Develop renewable projects
- Acquire or sell individual renewable projects, or portfolios of such projects
- Navigate ever-changing energy regulatory requirements
- Address environmental and land use permitting obligations
Our team understands the commercial issues driving successful projects.
We help clients manage
- Federal, state and local tax structures and incentives
- Permitting, environmental compliance and risk mitigation
- Commercial disputes involving project development
- Emerging market opportunities, including energy storage
Interdisciplinary team with experience ranging from biomass to hydro to solar to waste-to-energy projects
- Debt and equity finance attorneys
- Energy M&A lawyers
- PSC/PUC energy regulatory attorneys
- Environmental and land use counsel
- Real estate, finance, and tax attorneys
- Former head of business development for publicly traded energy asset development company
Our clients span the energy sector
- Public utilities
- Alternative energy developers
- Electric Cooperatives
- Renewable Fuel Producers
- Financial institutions
- National, regional, local banks
- Industrial and other large power users
Helping clients obtain Green-E approval and guiding clients on energy and capacity markets and renewable portfolio standards
Our energy group has represented developers, capital providers and state and local governments in:
- Master REC Agreement
- Implementing Regulations Under Renewable Portfolio Standards
- Contracted and merchant projects in RTOs
- Renewable project development utilizing the PURPA put structure
- Monetizing environmental intangibles such as Voluntary Emission Reductions
Our energy group services allow you to
- Acquire and sell renewable projects, including single projects and large portfolios of projects
- Develop alternative energy projects, including energy storage, solar, biomass, hydro, and waste-to-energy projects
- Identify, assess and address business risks through project due diligence, including PPA, EPC, IA and related project offtake agreement reviews
- Negotiate transactions and joint venture deals working with a legal team with practical business sense and a deep understanding of, and experience with, energy finance
- Understand and navigate compliance issues associated with regulatory changes, including energy and capacity markets, Renewable Portfolio Standards, frequency regulation, demand response and other ancillary services
Experience
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
- Represented battery energy storage company in the development and financing of merchant and contracted energy storage projects in the US and Europe ranging from six to 40 MWs
- Represented numerous solar developers in Membership Interest Purchase Agreements selling individual projects and pools of projects ranging from five to 100 MWs
- Represented various solar developers as to energy regulatory, environmental permitting, and contractual matters for projects ranging from five to 100 MWs
- Represented national lender in construction, permanent and acquisition financings of individual solar projects and pools of projects ranging from five to 100 MWs
- Represented pulp and paper company in development of a 51 MW biomass facility
- Represented biomass developer in obtaining PSD non-applicability determination from EPA headquarters for a 35 MW biomass facility
- Represented pulp and paper manufacturer in obtaining Green-E approval that all the client’s biomass energy nationwide qualified as renewable under Green-E’s National Energy Standard
- Represented waste-to-energy company in sale of two projects
- Represented biofuels manufacturer in a M&A matter
- Represented renewable fuel entity in sale of one division
- Represented solar developers in project acquisition, entitlement and tax incentive negotiation
- Represented solar developer in land acquisition and title issues in connection with the development of 75 solar projects
- Represented solar developer in numerous project sale transactions
- General counsel services to solar developer, including employment agreements, installation contracts and joint venture agreements
- Represented solar developer in merger with another solar developer
- Represented solar developer in Fee in Lieu of Taxes negotiations and zoning matters in Jasper County, S.C.
We help clients manage
- Federal, state and local tax structures and incentives
- Permitting, environmental compliance and risk mitigation
- Commercial disputes involving project development
- Emerging market opportunities, including energy storage
Interdisciplinary team with experience ranging from biomass to hydro to solar to waste-to-energy projects
- Debt and equity finance attorneys
- Energy M&A lawyers
- PSC/PUC energy regulatory attorneys
- Environmental and land use counsel
- Real estate, finance, and tax attorneys
- Former head of business development for publicly traded energy asset development company
Our clients span the energy sector
- Public utilities
- Alternative energy developers
- Electric Cooperatives
- Renewable Fuel Producers
- Financial institutions
- National, regional, local banks
- Industrial and other large power users
Helping clients obtain Green-E approval and guiding clients on energy and capacity markets and renewable portfolio standards
Our energy group has represented developers, capital providers and state and local governments in:
- Master REC Agreement
- Implementing Regulations Under Renewable Portfolio Standards
- Contracted and merchant projects in RTOs
- Renewable project development utilizing the PURPA put structure
- Monetizing environmental intangibles such as Voluntary Emission Reductions
Our energy group services allow you to
- Acquire and sell renewable projects, including single projects and large portfolios of projects
- Develop alternative energy projects, including energy storage, solar, biomass, hydro, and waste-to-energy projects
- Identify, assess and address business risks through project due diligence, including PPA, EPC, IA and related project offtake agreement reviews
- Negotiate transactions and joint venture deals working with a legal team with practical business sense and a deep understanding of, and experience with, energy finance
- Understand and navigate compliance issues associated with regulatory changes, including energy and capacity markets, Renewable Portfolio Standards, frequency regulation, demand response and other ancillary services
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
- Represented battery energy storage company in the development and financing of merchant and contracted energy storage projects in the US and Europe ranging from six to 40 MWs
- Represented numerous solar developers in Membership Interest Purchase Agreements selling individual projects and pools of projects ranging from five to 100 MWs
- Represented various solar developers as to energy regulatory, environmental permitting, and contractual matters for projects ranging from five to 100 MWs
- Represented national lender in construction, permanent and acquisition financings of individual solar projects and pools of projects ranging from five to 100 MWs
- Represented pulp and paper company in development of a 51 MW biomass facility
- Represented biomass developer in obtaining PSD non-applicability determination from EPA headquarters for a 35 MW biomass facility
- Represented pulp and paper manufacturer in obtaining Green-E approval that all the client’s biomass energy nationwide qualified as renewable under Green-E’s National Energy Standard
- Represented waste-to-energy company in sale of two projects
- Represented biofuels manufacturer in a M&A matter
- Represented renewable fuel entity in sale of one division
- Represented solar developers in project acquisition, entitlement and tax incentive negotiation
- Represented solar developer in land acquisition and title issues in connection with the development of 75 solar projects
- Represented solar developer in numerous project sale transactions
- General counsel services to solar developer, including employment agreements, installation contracts and joint venture agreements
- Represented solar developer in merger with another solar developer
- Represented solar developer in Fee in Lieu of Taxes negotiations and zoning matters in Jasper County, S.C.
- Practical business mindset
- Multi-disciplinary team
- Cost efficiency and budget predictability
- Industry relationships with developers, lenders, and utilities
