The DWT Energy Group has considerable experience representing project developers, power producers, lenders, investors and large energy users on traditional fossil-fueled power projects and related transactional and regulatory issues. The increased industry, regulatory and political focus on alternative sources of electric generation has provided us numerous opportunities to build on and broaden this experience to assist clients in the development and financing of alternative energy projects, including the myriad policy and regulatory issues that permeate this expanding segment of the energy industry. We have accordingly represented many power producers and consumers choosing alternative energy in some or all of the phases of the development, construction, acquisition and/or financing of alternative energy projects.

Representative Transactions

• Representation of the nation’s largest commercial wind developer on financings of wind generating project in the State of Washington.

• Representation of the project developer in connection with the development and project financing of a 200 megawatt wind generating project in Washington, including entity formation, equipment supply agreement, power purchase agreements, ground leases and construction financing and security documents.

• Representation of California municipal utility in connection with a development, acquisition and construction agreement for development of 120 MW wind generating project in Kern County, California.

• Representation of investor group in the acquisition of an ownership interest in a large California wind generating project.

• Representation of California municipal utility in negotiation of power purchase agreement with a wind generating project.

• Regulatory counsel to Calpine Corporation in acquisition and financing of The Geysers geothermal facilities in Northern California.

• Representation of geothermal producer in stock offerings.

• Representation of geothermal project in state siting process, negotiation of power purchase agreement, electric transmission access, and state rules governing Renewable Energy Credits.

• Representation of geothermal producers in FERC Reliability Must Run rate proceedings and state regulatory rate and resource supply proceedings.

• Representation of California solar project in refinancings.

• Representation of solar industry trade association in California regulatory proceedings designed to enhance the marketability of solar generation.

• Representation of operator of power plant powered by walnuts in regulatory and transactional matters.

• Representation of operator of power plant fueled by used tires in regulatory and transactional matters.

• Representation of large energy user in structuring and negotiating power purchase and related agreements for purchase of electricity generated with biogas digesters.

• Representation of landfill gas projects in development, permitting, regulatory proceedings and commercial transactions.

• Representation of municipal utility in negotiation of power purchase agreement with a landfill gas generator.

• Representation of project developer in connection with development of a 28 MW landfill gas project in Washington.

• Advice to renewable energy generators on new state regulatory rules governing sale and use of Renewable Energy Credits.

For more information, please see our Alternative Energy Projects and Experience Fact Sheet.

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