Experience

• Representation of Enel Green Power North America, Inc., as sponsor, in multiple tax equity financings, including:
  • The approximately $365 million financing of its 300 MW Rock Creek wind project in Missouri.
  • The approximately $340 million financing of its 300 MW Red Dirt wind project in Oklahoma.
  • The approximately $330 million financing of its 297.8 MW Thunder Ranch wind project in Oklahoma.
  • The investment by JPM Capital Corporation, Merrill Lynch, and Wells Fargo in the combined 400 MW Cimarron Bend I and II wind projects in Oklahoma.
  • The investment by Special Situations Investing Group II, LLC, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co., in the 150 MW Lindahl wind project in North Dakota.
• Representation of renewable energy developers and marketers in successful negotiations of executed long-term power purchase and sales agreements for purchase or sale of energy, capacity, ancillary services and environmental attributes from wind and solar facilities with a range of utility counterparties.
• Representation of major solar developer in negotiation of agreements for behind-the-meter energy sales transactions for on-site solar with universities.
• Representation of corporate buyers and developers in connection with green energy tariff transactions.
• Advised developers in assessing and responding to utility requests for offers regarding purchase and sales agreements.

Honors & Activities

• Included in Best Lawyers^®: Ones to Watch in America (Energy Law), 2023
• Listed among Rising Stars (Energy & Natural Resources), Oregon Super Lawyers^®, 2021–2022
• Board member, secretary, Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy, Portland chapter, 2016–present
• Student Attorney, Family Justice Litigation Clinic, 2014
• Fulbright Scholar, Australian-American Fulbright Commission, 2009–2010
• Truman Scholar, 2005

Insights & Presentations

• “Power Purchase Agreements and Renewable Energy Certificates: Distributed Generation Projects” (co-author), Chapter 2 of The Law of Solar Energy: A Guide to Business and Legal Issues, Stoel Rives LLP, Sixth Edition, 2022
• “Power Purchase Agreements: Utility-Scale Projects” (co-author), Chapter 3 of The Law of Solar Energy: A Guide to Business and Legal Issues, Stoel Rives LLP, Sixth Edition, 2022
• “Power Purchase Agreements and Environmental Attributes” (co-author), Chapter 7 of The Law of Wind: A Guide to Business and Legal Issues, Stoel Rives LLP, Ninth Edition, 2022
• “Project Finance for Wind Power Projects” (co-author), Chapter 9 of The Law of Wind: A Guide to Business and Legal Issues, Stoel Rives LLP, Ninth Edition, 2022
• “Oregon’s Community Solar Program is Underway” (co-author), Portland Business Journal, August 2021
• “Wildfire impacts and California’s energy supply” (co-author), POWERGRID International, October 13, 2020
• “Current Market for Wind Offtake in the U.S—Structuring, Financing and Risks Implications” (moderator), Wind Power Finance & Investment Summit, San Diego, CA, February 5, 2020
• “Innovative Approaches to Meeting Mining Industry Energy Needs” (co-presenter), Industrial Minerals Association—North America Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, September 27, 2017
• “The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan: Reconciling Competing Policies in the California Desert” (co-author), North American Clean Energy, November/December 2016
• “The Case for a Systemic Approach to Forest Health, Wildland Fire Risk, Stewardship Contracting, and Federal Procurement Policy,” Public Contract Law Journal, Volume 43, Number 1, Fall 2013

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