Outside General Counsel/General Commercial
Energy Projects
Mergers & Acquisitions/Restructuring
Energy Regulatory Matters

• Serve as outside general counsel to various renewable energy entities.  Examples include a free-flow hydropower technology and project development company, a mid-scale wind energy turbine manufacturing company, a rainwater harvesting systems design and installation company, an anaerobic digester project consulting company, and a nonprofit lender to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

• Drafted and negotiated numerous energy service agreements for supplier of steam to commercial and institutional customers

• Developed operation and maintenance services agreement for third party operator of utility-scale biomass energy project

• Represented renewable energy equipment manufacturer in negotiation of technology license agreement with European company

• Represented various entities with respect to negotiation and drafting of agreements for the purchase and sale of renewable energy certificates

• Provided extensive long-term assistance to DC-based nonprofit with respect to development of national renewable energy certificate standards, negotiation and drafting of agreements relating to third party certification of renewable energy generation, and development of policies to mitigate “double counting” issues relating to emission avoidance claims

• Represent Virginia-based nonprofit in connection with multiple public school re-roofing and solar photovoltaic system installation projects as party of public/private New Orleans Solar Schools Initiative

• Provided assistance to free-flow hydropower company in assessing applicability of various permitting requirements with respect to demonstration project

• Represented nonprofit funder with respect to solar affordable homes project in Chicago, IL

• Performed legal due diligence with respect to potential investments in wind energy and waste-to-energy projects

• Represented renewable energy technology company with respect to government funding of pilot projects

• Represented Town of Orleans, MA with respect to all facets of town-sponsored community-scale wind energy project, including permitting (state environmental impact review, Article 97 approval, local zoning review, utility interconnection), contracting (wind energy lease, power purchase agreement terms, agreements with the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust’s Community Wind Collaborative) and procurement (request for proposals from private developers)

• Developed request for proposals for town-hosted community-scale wind energy project for Town of Eastham, MA

• Represented waste-to-energy facility in successful bid for local permits for Clean Air Act retrofit and defense of court challenges to permits issued

• Represented interested citizens with respect to opposition to construction of high-voltage electric transmission line near their homes

• Represented major energy services company in acquisition by merger of complementary energy services company

• Represented major energy services company in acquisition of assets of district steam business in Cambridge, MA

• Represented party to restructuring of landfill-gas-to-energy project

• Represented Cape Light Compact in MA Department of Public Utilities proceeding (DPU 08-75) regarding NSTAR Green program and proposed long-term power purchase agreements between NSTAR and out-of-state wind energy facilities; successfully negotiated settlement with NSTAR

• Represented towns of Brewster, Dennis and Yarmouth in MA Energy Facilities Siting Board proceeding (EFSB 06-1) regarding KeySpan’s proposed override of Cape Cod Commission and local permitting authority in connection with construction of natural gas pipeline; successfully avoided override of local permitting authority

• Represented Cape Light Compact in MA Distributed Generation Collaborative with respect to 2006 revisions to the MA Model Interconnection Tariff; successfully negotiated modifications to interconnection insurance and indemnification requirements

• Represented Cape Light Compact in multiple MA DPU proceedings (e.g., DPU 04-115, 05-85, 05-89, 06-40, 06-107) regarding regulation of distribution companies in the restructured Massachusetts electric industry and preservation of municipal aggregation as a means of helping small residential and commercial consumers access the competitive retail electricity market

• Represented People’s Power and Light in RI Public Utility Commission proceedings (RIPUC 3610, 3617) regarding distribution and back-up rates; succeeded in negotiating modifications to proposed settlement