Skip to primary navigation Skip to primary sidebar Industries Energy & Utilities OVERVIEW RELATED Staying ahead of developments in the energy industry is critical to energy consumers and providers alike. Our lawyers not only help clients manage their immediate regulatory, transactional, and litigation needs but also assist them in planning for and anticipating the future. We represent clients that purchase all forms of energy and clients that re-sell and distribute that energy. We work with clients that generate electricity from fossil fuel and renewable energy generating facilities that they own or have contractual entitlement to the unit’s output. And we help large commercial energy customers—manufacturers, universities, hospitals, and more—obtain access to affordable and reliable energy through a range of options, including developing on-site microgrids, investing in renewable generation projects, or assembling power supply portfolios. As climate change and regulatory and economic factors converge to make legacy generation sources increasingly less viable, we help clients examine options—from closing and repowering sites with cleaner technologies to selling sites for redevelopment to divesting interests in older technology—and understand the related environmental and regulatory obligations of these options. Our multidisciplinary team assists companies in the energy sector and their customers with the full spectrum of legal needs, including: Energy Finance & Development Energy Counseling & Litigation Corporate Business Transactions and Financings Environmental Counseling & Litigation Insurance Coverage Real Estate Real Property Tax Planning & Appeals Representative Matters Electric cooperative—Merger Represented an electric cooperative in connection with the merger of three rural electric cooperatives, including handling merger agreements, renegotiating credit agreements, regulatory approvals, and the renegotiation of power supply agreements. Electric cooperative—Agreements for combined-cycle gas-fired generating plant Negotiated agreements related to the development and construction of a 550-MW combined cycle gas-fired generating plant in Texas on behalf of minority owners. Electric cooperatives—Requirements contracts Negotiate and draft full- and partial-requirements contracts with numerous investor-owned utilities, including, but not limited to, AEP, Entergy, and Southern Company. Assist in annual true ups of charges under certain of these contracts. Electric cooperatives—ISDA Master Agreements for power purchases Negotiate for nonprofit utilities ISDA Master Agreements with multiple counterparties, including as appropriate, the Power Annex, Gas Annex, Credit Support Annex, and Master Netting Agreement. We negotiate the transaction confirmations for the purpose of purchasing power (and incorporating the appropriate product, including RTO-specific products), hedging gas supplies, implementing transactions under energy management arrangements for facilities or utility systems, and arranging the interest rate swap for a financial deal. 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