Experience

Chad Marriott is an associate in the Energy and Telecommunications group, where he is involved with both renewable energy and traditional energy project development.  Chad works with clients in the wind, solar, hydroelectric, wave and tidal, and natural gas industries on a variety of matters ranging from real estate and transmission cost allocation issues for wind development to permitting and licensing issues for new hydropwer and hydrokinetic projects under Part I of the Federal Power Act. 

Prior to joining Stoel Rives, Chad was a consultant with Pacific Energy Ventures, LLC, where he advised on siting and regulatory issues related to wave energy and tidal energy project development and contributed to the Siting Methodologies for Hydrokinetics handbook published on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy in 2009.

Chad also served as a legal research and writing tutor, University of Oregon, 2007-2009; summer associate, Stoel Rives LLP, 2008; legal intern, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 2007; and law clerk, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Sacramento, 2007.

Prior to attending law school, Chad taught English and outdoor education to high school students with learning and developmental disabilities and served as a wilderness instructor for Outward Bound USA.

Representative Work

• Advising wind developers on how to protect proprietary information in power purchase agreements when faced with requests for documents under the California Public Records Act.
• Advising clients on renewable energy credit (REC) reporting and retirement with the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS).
• Drafting wind leases, split agreements, amendments, transmission line easements and other real estate documents for wind development in Washington, Oregon and Montana.
• Research issues related to new hydroelectric development, including how municipalities may qualify for a Section 1603 grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the surrender, refiling and sufficiency of preliminary permit applications under Part I of the Federal Power Act.
• Research issues related to interconnection and transmission cost allocation for wind developers under the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) tariff.
• Reviewing solar and natural gas power purchase agreements.
• Drafting term sheet and purchase agreement for acquisition of solar thermal units from foreign manufacturer.

Professional Honors & Activities

• Board Member, Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition, 2010
• Member, American Bar Association Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources
• Member, Oregon State Bar Energy & Public Utility Law Section
• Member, Oregon State Bar Environment & Natural Resources Section
• Member, Multnomah County Bar Association

Presentations

• "Permitting and Planning Challenges for Renewable Projects- New Hydro Technologies," Oregon Law Institute Green Business Law conference, June 11, 2010

Civic Activities

• Volunteer Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Oregon

Publications

• Contributor to the Stoel Rives Renewable Energy & Climate Policy Law Blog
• "Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning for Offshore Renewable Energy Development on the West Coast," Environmental & Land Use Law Newsletter, May 2010
• "Tradable Renewable Energy Credits in California: California Authorizes Tradable Renewable Energy Credits but Continues to Struggle with Implementation" (coauthor), The Electricity Journal, forthcoming June 2010
• "Using Adaptive Management to Resolve Uncertainties for Wave and Tidal Energy Projects" (coauthor), Oceanography magazine, 2010
• "Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning for Offshore Renewable Energy Development on the West Coast", Stoel Rives LLP, April 2010
• "Conserve Your Energy: Shortcuts for Internet Research," Trends, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Newsletter, May/June 2009
• "On warming, let's get China on board with small first step," The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), Guest Viewpoint, Mar. 25, 2009
• "Minerals Management Service Proposes Regulations Governing Development of Wind, Wave, Current, Solar and other Alternative Energy Sources on the Outer Continental Shelf" (coauthor), Stoel Rives LLP, July 2008
• "A Four-Step Inquiry to Guide Judicial Review of Executive Privilege Disputes Between the Political Branches," Oregon Law Review, 2008

Education

• University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., 2009
  Certificate in Sustainable Business Law
  Program Fellow, Environment & Natural Resources Law Center
  Senior Associate Editor, Oregon Law Review
  Fredric R. Merrill Award, Oregon Law Review, 2009
• Indiana University, M.S., 2005
  Dean's List
• University of Utah, B.A., 2001
  Honors
  Ruth Hinkley Willes Scholarship, 1998

Admissions

• Oregon

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