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We represent and advise landfill owners in the development of gas-to-energy sites where methane is extracted from the landfill and used to generate electricity.
We are assisting Ørsted (formerly DONG Energy), a Danish energy company and one of the world's leading developers of off-shore wind generation facilities, in connection with the development of Bay State Wind, its proposed off-shore wind farm southwest of Martha's Vineyard.
Pierce Atwood represented a developer in the negotiation of an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract for a solar project. Assisted with the drafting of negotiated performance liquidated damages and compensation limitations if the performance criteria is not achieved.
Pierce Atwood successfully represented the U.S. Energy Storage Association in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rulemaking. In its Order 841, FERC found that existing RTO/ISO market rules are unjust and unreasonable in light of barriers that they present to the participation of electric storage resources.
We successfully obtained from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) two key waivers of its capacity release rules for a large independent oil and gas producer client. FERC requires that shippers on natural gas pipelines that seek to transfer pipeline capacity in connection with a large transaction or exiting the natural gas supply business seek a waiver of the capacity release rules and policies to ensure that there are no inadvertent violations.
Represented Florida Power and Light on real estate title, easements, entitlements, and documentation, as well as the transfer of federal, state, and local environmental and land use approvals, in connection with the acquisition of the Seabrook, New Hampshire Nuclear Power facility.
Assisting Bright Community Capital, a subsidiary of Coastal Enterprises, Inc., with all aspects of fund formation and capital raise efforts for a tax equity fund and a sponsor equity fund, which will be used to acquire mid-size solar PV projects with a focus on those in low-income areas or benefitting low-income people.
Represented Great Bay Renewables in connection with the formation of a joint venture between certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., and Altius Renewable Royalties Corp. to accelerate the growth of Great Bay’s innovative renewable energy royalty business.
Represented Sappi North America, Inc. in the negotiation and permitting of the surrender of the FERC license for the Saccarappa Hydro Project in Westbrook, Maine, in 2013-2019.
