Energy

Our expertise includes:

• Oil and Gas
• All aspects of production, refining, transport
• Pipeline sharing agreements
• Pipeline acquisition
• Enforcement defense
• Community Benefits Agreements
• Renewables
• Power Purchase Agreements
• Greenhouse Gas Regulation
• Climate Change
• Facility Siting
• Pipeline Regulation
• Transportation
• Emergency Response and Reporting
• California Public Utilities Commission Regulation
• Community Choice Aggregation

Representative Matters

• Acquisition of electrical transmission, water and natural gas facilities
• Transfer of licenses for a hydroelectric facility
• FERC proceedings relating to applications for wave-generation projects off the coastline
• Preparation of a request for proposals to solicit energy service companies and energy developers to provide financing, engineering, procurement, operations and maintenance of rooftop and stand-alone solar facilities on or near certain public buildings
• Agreements, include the sale of geothermal energy on a “take and pay” basis, design of a small hydropower plant, project specifications and front-end terms and conditions for a hydropower plant maintenance project, and a cloud seeding project for hydropower plant
• Oil and gas transaction and regulatory advice regarding land use entitlement and related project development, environmental law compliance programs and enforcement actions, asset sales and acquisitions, corporate insurance programs and marketing and manufacturing agreements
• Advice to entities seeking to become community choice aggregators, and to existing publicly owned utilities with respect to the purchase of electric power
• Power purchase transactions and the formation of joint powers agencies, which purchase natural gas and electricity on behalf of their members