• Negotiation of the nation's first wholesale electric contract between a power marketer and a total requirements customer.
  
  
• Development and negotiation of retail electric supply arrangements between customers and marketers, including negotiation of precedent setting preferred supplier arrangements with California Manufacturers Association on behalf of a marketer.
  
  
• Negotiation of a pioneering agreement providing a power marketer network transmission services from Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
  
  
• Restructuring of QF power purchase contracts.
  
  
• Development of an "electric bypass" transmission strategy for a major energy user in western Washington, creating active retail competition, and resulting in up to $6 million in annual savings under a new retail power contract.
  
  
• Transaction of the first direct access purchases of power supplies in Oregon on behalf of industrial customers served by Portland General Electric Co.
  
  
• Negotiation of partial requirements power contracts and wheeling contracts for a variety of publicly owned utilities that traditionally have purchased their entire wholesale requirements from Bonneville Power Administration.
  
  
• Negotiation of scheduling/brokerage contracts on behalf of a utility seeking to reduce its power supply costs through spot market transactions.
  
  
• Representation of a significant marketer of natural gas in the formation of a new company having an initial capital of $50 million with a subsidiary of an investor owned utility.
  
  
• Representation of a company in the acquisition of a gas marketing company.
  
  
• Representation of companies engaged in the business of marketing natural gas in the securing of credit facilities.

Economic Regulation

• Representation of industrial end users, fuel suppliers and power generators and marketers in electric and gas proceedings before the California, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, and Alaska commissions.
  
  
• Representation of independent power producers, power marketers and customers in California electric restructuring proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
  
  
• Representation of industrial customers and project developers in PURPA proceedings in California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
  
  
• Representation of independent power producers in California Biennial Resource Plan Update proceedings.
  
  
• Representation of industrial customers of Portland General Electric Co., Pacific Power & Light Co., Puget Sound Power & Light Co., Idaho Power Co. and Washington Water Power Co. in every rate, rule making and policy proceeding since 1980.
  
  
• Representation of customers in Bonneville Power Administration proceedings.
  
  
• Representation of the purchaser of service territory sold by an investor owned utility.

Legislative Counseling

• Counseling and lobbying regarding federal electricity legislation, such as S. 1401, the bill introduced by Senators Bumpers and Gorton that would create retail competition and effectively rewrite the Northwest Power Act.
  
  
• Counseling and lobbying regarding state electricity legislation that would create retail competition.
  

Domestic Project Development

• Negotiation of power purchase, gas supply, and gas transmission agreements on behalf of project developer; securing regulatory approvals; and assisting on financing for a $300 million independent power project in Northern California.
  
  
• Purchaser's counsel in acquisition and refinancing of cogeneration project in northern California.
  
  
• Representation of developer on siting, permitting, and financing a 240 MW, gas fired cogeneration project in north western Washington, including also assisting developer in obtaining exemption from the local tax on sale of electricity.
  
  
• Preparation of agreements and other documentation for the siting, construction and operation of a 230 KV "electric bypass" transmission line and associated 230/12.5 KV substation to interconnect an industrial client to a new supplier.
  
  
• Tax counsel to a developer seeking Washington state sales tax deferral on labor, capital equipment and materials incorporated into a power project.
  
  
• Counsel to major lending and commercial financing institutions on environmental and energy issues affecting specific power project loans.
  
  
• Assistance on term financing of geothermal projects and photovoltaic powered generating facilities and the acquisition of geothermal interests.
  
  
• Environmental Regulation Environmental and siting counsel on 240 MW, combined cycle project under construction in Vancouver, Washington.
  
  
• Representation of the Cities of Portland, Klamath Falls and Baker City, Oregon, and the Middle Fork Irrigation District in water rights and hydroelectric permit and licensing proceedings.
  
  
• Representation of major Idaho irrigation districts on environmental, water rights and power development matters.
  
  
• Representation of large, industrial cogenerators on environmental compliance matters in Washington.
  
  
• Representation of numerous governmental, corporate and individual clients on hazardous waste handling and disposal, RCRA, CERCLA, SARA and state regulations promulgated Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
  
  
• Representation of geothermal exploration interests on land use and environmental compliance matters.
  
  
• Representation of local governments and private developers in water rights and hydroelectric power permit proceedings before state and federal agencies.
  
  
• Complex Litigation Representation of natural gas producer in multi state litigation among co-owners of gas production and storage field.
  
  
• Representation of cogeneration project owner/operator in litigation regarding attempted curtailment of project output by utility purchaser.
  
  
• Representation of owner of coal fired power resource in multi district litigation involving buyer's attempt to rescind contract due to alleged problems with related transmission agreement.
  
  
• Representation of natural gas utility in antitrust lawsuit brought by natural gas marketer.
  
  
• Representation of qualifying facility in proceedings for challenging compliance with federal and state QF requirements.
  
  
• Representation of electric utility against attempts by another electric utility to terminate a long term wholesale power purchase agreement.
  
  
• International Project Development Cogeneration project development in Zhejiang Province, China.
  
  
• Joint venture and financing arrangements for developer of gas fired power plants in Guangdong Province, China.
  
  
• Joint venture arrangements related to development of a coal fired power plant in Hunan Province, China.
  
  
• Wholesale power purchase and associated agreements in Republic of Guyana.

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