Renewable Energy | McCarter & English, LLP

The renewable energy sector’s growth is being driven by rapid innovation—structural, technological, and economic. Our lawyers are helping developers, suppliers, utilities, and parties investing in renewable energy capitalize on opportunities presented by this innovation.

Our lawyers are navigating owners of renewable energy through the complexities of participating in the power markets, connecting to the power grid, and securing new and traditional sources of financing. They are representing established players in the renewable sector and startups introducing new technologies and greater efficiencies to the sector.

Our experienced multidisciplinary team is helping support the move to a zero carbon energy future. We counsel companies operating, investing in, or procuring supply from solar, storage, wind, and biomass facilities on a full range of legal services, including:

Energy Finance & Development
Energy Counseling & Litigation
Environmental Counseling & Litigation
Corporate Business Transactions and Financings
Insurance Coverage
Real Estate
Real Property Tax Planning & Appeals
Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies

Defended state utility commissions in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont in five separate actions filed by a solar developer petitioning FERC to initiate PURPA enforcement actions. FERC issued Notices of Intent Not to Act in all of the cases.

Negotiated and drafted a 220MW virtual wind power purchase agreement for a corporate entity.

Assisted a municipality with drafting a renewable power purchase agreement involving small power production hydroelectric facilities.

Counsel a wind developer for several projects on matters related to interconnection, long-term contracts, and federal and state regulatory compliance. We advise on regulations and tariff rules for connecting to transmission systems, advise and negotiate generator interconnection agreements and power purchase agreements, and counsel on wholesale power market rules that may impair project financing on favorable terms.

Advise large customers on their power supply procurement, renewable energy certificate transactions, and construction and interconnection of on-site renewable energy.

Assisting a manufacturer in negotiating a construction contract with a developer for rooftop solar on its large commercial buildings.

Assisted an electric cooperative in negotiating and drafting a 100MW wind power purchase agreement.

Represented an owner in matters related to the acquisition of development rights and the development of a 78-MW wind facility near Amarillo, Texas, including handling transmission interconnection, off-take purchaser contracting, financing and insurance matters.

Negotiated and drafted a 5MW solar power purchase agreement for an electric cooperative.

Assisted an electric cooperative in negotiating and drafting of a 100MW solar power purchase agreement.

Represented an electric cooperative in negotiating a contract for the purchase of output of 30 MW of solar generation capacity from a project under development in Colorado.

Represented an electric cooperative in negotiating a contract for the purchase of the output of 100 MW of wind turbine capacity from a project under development in Colorado.

Negotiate and draft solar purchase agreements in Texas, Virginia, and Mississippi.

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