| Members of our energy group provide a full range of transactional, regulatory and litigation services to a wide variety of entities in the electric power and natural gas industries. In the electric power sector, we represent independent power producers, investor-owned utilities, energy marketers, municipal utilities and electric cooperatives in project development, energy trading and other transactions, federal and state regulatory matters and litigation. We also represent owners of hydroelectric facilities in connection with hydroelectric licensing and compliance matters. In the natural gas sector we represent electric generators, industrials, local distribution companies, municipal and investor-owned utilities, investors and energy marketers on natural gas transactions, regulatory matters and litigation.
Our national energy practice features lawyers who have worked at some of the nation’s largest investor-owned utilities, as senior officials at FERC, the California Public Utilities Commission and the U.S. Department of Energy, and as senior counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Selected Experience Chelan County P.U.D. (Wash.) Counsel for hydroelectric licensee in Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation v. Ecology (trial before the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board, holding that Section 401 of the Clean Water Act does not require strict adherence with numeric water quality criteria). (2004) White Creek Project LLC Represented White Creek Project LLC as project counsel in connection with the development, sale and construction financing for the 205 MW White Creek Wind Generating Project located in Klickitat County, Wash. Newberry Geothermal Representing project developer in the development of, private equity financing of, and sale of power from a 120 MW geothermal project located near Bend, Ore. (Ongoing) Investor Represented an investor in a potential $25 million investment in a tax equity joint venture to finance solar power projects. Algonquin Power Income Fund and Emera Incorporated Formed California Pacific Electric Company, LLC ("CalPeco") for purposes of acquiring the California electric utility assets (Lake Tahoe area) operated by Sierra Pacific Power Company. Lead attorney for CalPeco in negotiating asset purchase, power purchase and other key transaction documents. (Ongoing) Avista Corporation Representation throughout the acquisition and development of a 280MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Boardman, Ore. (2003) Harvest Wind Project Representing the members of the Harvest Wind Project as project counsel in connection with the development and financing of a 99 MW wind generating project located in Klickitat County, Wash. Calpine Corporation Provision of regulatory counsel through development and operation of electric generating facilities. (Ongoing) Electric generator Representation before FERC of a major electric generator on gas quality and interchangeability issues associated with a new LNG import terminal which will provide gas service to the Northeastern U.S. (Ongoing) * Denotes experience completed at a prior firm | |