These lawyers are wonderful; we had no corporate knowledge of climate change issues and they educated us. They really know the area and are thorough, practical and fast.
— Chambers USA
— Chambers USA
Experience
AES Corporation with respect to its acquisition of three power plants from Southern California Edison Company for $750 million.
Canadian Superior Energy (before reorganization) on the permitting and development of the Liberty LNG project. This project was proposed to consist of a deepwater port off the New Jersey shoreline connecting through an undersea pipeline to an interstate pipeline.
China Investment Corporation in successfully obtaining approvals from FERC and the New York Public Service Commission. These were in connection with its $1.6 billion investment in AES Corp.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., the leading provider of natural gas for transportation in North America, in connection acquiring IMW Industries. This was for $125 million plus a $40 million earnout over the next four years; we also advised on a $200 million project financing with General Electric Company in the construction and operation of two LNG plants in the United States, and state energy regulatory matters.
EDF Renewables on the environmental, land use, and energy regulatory aspects of wind and solar development, including compliance with NEPA and CEQA; the federal and California Endangered Species Acts; the Clean Water Act and Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act; the Williamson Act; local zoning and related laws and regulations; and transmission permitting, interconnection, and regulatory matters.
Future Grid Coalition in administrative litigation before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regarding PG&E’s application to close the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (Diablo). Diablo is a 2,000 MW facility with effectively zero carbon emissions. It is the single largest source of zero-carbon energy in California.
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) in connection with the Department of Energy’s controversial and significant requirement that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issue a Notice of Proposed Regulation (NOPR) regarding reliability and resilience pricing so as to provide cost-of-service type subsidies to prevent the retirement of baseload coal and nuclear facilities.
KKR and TPG in successfully obtaining FERC and NRC approvals. These approvals were in connection with the purchase of TXU Corp., a $45 billion transaction.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd., on regulatory and commercial issues involved in its agreement to acquire part of Kinder Morgan Inc.’s affiliate company. It worked to acquire 30% of the affiliate that is constructing a $200 million natural gas pipeline in Arizona. The planned pipeline will connect to an existing line in Tucson and extend 62 miles to Sasabe, Ariz., which sits on the Arizona-Mexico border. An estimated 200 million cubic feet of gas will be transported each day.