About | Attorneys | Practices | News & Publications | Blogs | Events | Careers
 
John A. McKinsey
Partner
Sacramento, CA
(916) 319-4746 Direct
(916) 447-4781 Fax

jamckinsey@stoel.com

Download vCard
Practice Areas
Industries
News
Publications

John A. McKinsey

Experience

John McKinsey has extensive experience representing energy clients. He serves as lead counsel for the siting of major power projects in California. He provides extensive leadership and guidance in the areas of compliance and regulatory matters, facility development and operation. John has represented clients before numerous regulatory agencies including the California Energy Commission, California Air Resources Board, California Department of Fish and Game, State Lands Commission, United States Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California Coastal Commission, the California Department of Water Resources and numerous regional governmental agencies including air quality districts, water boards, cities and counties. He has extensive experience in the regulation of air quality, public health, terrestrial, marine and aquatic biology, environmental justice, visual impacts and electrical power transmission and interconnection, traffic and highways, and environmental impacts.

John gained significant engineering and applied science knowledge and skills while serving in the United States Navy on submarines as a nuclear power plant operator and supervisor and leading electrician. His background enables him to readily understand industrial, technical, chemical and energy related processes, facilities and issues and translate them with clarity for other parties and governmental agencies.


Representative Work

  • Mountainview Power Plant, Redlands, California – Lead project counsel for permitting and governmental and private party negotiations for a 1,000 MW combined cycle power plant in Southern California.
  • El Segundo Power Plant Project, El Segundo, California – Lead project counsel for permitting and governmental and private party negotiations for a 600 MW combined cycle power plant in Southern California.
  • Contra Costa Power Plant, Antioch, California – Counsel for air, energy and water permitting for major combined cycle power plant.
  • Potrero Power Plant, San Francisco, California – Counsel for air, water and other environmental regulatory permitting for proposed power plant on the bay.
  • Pine Tree Wind Project, Kern County, California – Challenge of CEQA decision by Audubon chapters opposing proposed major wind energy project.
  • Chevron Refinery, El Segundo, California – Counsel regarding modifications to facility affecting air quality.
  • Cabrillo Port LNG Terminal, Ventura, California – Counsel regarding air permitting for proposed LNG facility offshore of Ventura County.
  • Unnamed Generation Project, Bellflower, California – Project counsel for proposed new power generation facility in central Los Angeles.
  • Long Beach Emergency Peaker Project, Long Beach, California – Lead counsel for repowering project converting CGT combine cycle into simplecycle peaker with SCR installation.
  • Turlock Irrigation District, Turlock, California – Counsel to municipal power producer regarding territorial disputes with major investor-owned electrical utility.
  • Redding Power Plant, Redding, California – Counsel to municipal utility before air district and California Energy Commission over air emissions abatement systems disagreements and permit changes to allow expanded operation.
  • Bottle Rock Power Plant, Cobb, California – Project counsel for refiring of suspended geothermal power plant in the Geysers region of Northern California.
  • Counsel to Carlsbad Energy Center Project (CECP).
  • Unnamed counsel to major urban repowering project in South San Francisco, California.

Professional Honors & Activities

  • Board Member, Geothermal Energy Association, 2010-present
  • Professor of Energy Law, University of California, Davis, California, 2011-present
  • Faculty, National Geothermal Academy, Reno, Nevada, 2011-present
  • Member, Review Committee, Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis, 2010
  • Member, California Bar Association, Environmental and Business Sections
  • Chair, Best Practices for Owning and Operating a Winery, 2007-2010
  • Business Law Faculty, California State University, Sacramento, 2000-2009

Presentations

  • Chair, "Moving Geothermal Forward on Public Lands in California," GEA National Geothermal Summit, Reno, Nevada, Aug. 17, 2011
  • Instructor, "Geothermal Business Principles and Development," National Geothermal Academy Summer Series, Reno, Nevada, Aug. 8-12, 2011
  • Panelist, "Future of California Energy Policy," U.C. Davis 2011 Environmental Law Society Symposium, Davis, California, Apr. 1, 2011
  • Panelist, "The Nexus of Water, Energy and Carbon," Best Practices for Owning and Operating a Winery, The Seminar Group, Sonoma, California, Mar. 10, 2011
  • Panelist, "Legal and Regulatory Hurdles of Geothermal Power," GEA Geothermal Energy Finance Forum 2011, New York City, New York, Feb. 9, 2011
  • Panelist, "California's 33% RES and the November 2nd Election. What does it all mean?," Law Seminars International, Sacramento, California, Oct. 28, 2010
  • Panelist, "33% Renewable Standard in California and the Geothermal Industry," Geothermal Energy Association Annual Meeting, Sacramento, California, Oct. 25, 2010
  • Speaker, "The War On Carbon: Regulating Carbon in the Electricity Sector," Wichita Pachyderm Club, Wichita, Kansas, Oct. 22, 2010
  • Speaker, "Understanding How Cap and Trade of Carbon Could and Could Not Work," Kansas City Business Executives, Overland Park, Kansas, Oct. 21, 2010
  • Presenter, Mock Trial on Global Warming, Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, Lawrence, Kansas, Sept. 1, 2010
  • Speaker, "New Technologies: Meeting Load While Cutting Carbon Emissions," Energy in California, Law Seminars International, San Francisco, California, Sept. 13, 2010
  • Speaker, "Liability and Risk Management in Winery Operations," Winery & Wine Distribution Law Conference, Canandaigua, New York, Apr. 29, 2010
  • Speaker, "Siting Energy Projects in California: Finding the Balance," Second Annual Climate & Energy Law Symposium, San Diego, California, Apr. 9, 2010
  • Speaker, "Energy Conservation, Renewable Energy and Wineries," Winery & Wine Distribution Law Conference, Napa, California, Mar. 18, 2010

Publications

  • Understanding the Law (coauthor, Donald L. Carper) (6 ed. 2012)
  • "Siting and Permitting Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Projects" and "Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Lease Agreements," The Law of Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy: A Guide to Business and Legal Issues, Stoel Rives LLP, 2011 (formerly The Law of Ocean and Tidal Energy)

Education

  • University of California, Davis School of Law, J.D., 1999
  • California State University, Sacramento, B.A., Economics, 1996, cum laude

Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California


Print to Word
Subscribe(800)88-STOELContact UsSite Map
Non Mobile
Office Locations | Subscribe
                     
 
2012