Madeleine Stenderowicz

Maddie Stenderowicz advises clients on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulatory matters, with a focus on electric rate filings under the Federal Power Act, compliance strategy. She works with clients navigating FERC rules and regulations in connection with renewable energy project development and transactions, and has experience supporting complex litigation and enforcement matters before the Commission. Before joining Stoel Rives, Maddie was an attorney-adviser in the Office of the General Counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Drawing on her background within the FERC Office of General Counsel, Madeleine brings a practical understanding of the regulatory framework governing the energy sector.

Education

Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University, Remote, IPU Annual Regulatory Studies Program Fundamentals Course, 2021

American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 2020, cum laude; Articles Editor, Administrative Law Review

Auburn University, B.A., Political Science/minor: Business, 2015, cum laude

Admissions

District of Columbia

Virginia

• Represented Copia Power in securing a $1.24 billion debt facility financing consisting of a construction-to-term loan, a transfer bridge-to-tax equity bridge loan, and a letter of credit facility for the Centennial Flats project, a 500 MW solar plus 1,069 MWh of battery energy storage facility in Maricopa County, Arizona.
• Represented Dimension Energy, LLC in securing $284 million construction and tax credit bridge loan for development of a 122 MWdc portfolio of 30 community solar projects across seven states.
• Represented partnership between Granite Source Power and New Energy Capital (NEC) in sale of a 250 MW development stage battery energy storage project in Upton County, Texas.
• Represented Dimension Energy in closing a $360 million tax equity and debt financing in support of a 112 MWdc portfolio of 28 community solar projects in Delaware, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
• Represented an international renewable energy client in securing tax equity investment in its 180+ MWdc solar photovoltaic facility and 110+ MWdc / 160+ MWhdc BESS facility in Texas. In connection with the tax equity investment, the transaction involved tax credit transfer agreements for the sale of federal ITCs from the project.
• Represented Pivot Energy in closing a structured equity investment from HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. in a new project joint venture, which, together with a $450 million debt warehouse facility, will support the construction of 300 MWdc of distributed generation located across California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, and Virginia.
• Represented McKenzie Electric Cooperative in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceeding challenging Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s rate structure.
• Represented our renewable energy client's joint venture entity in the acquisition of two operating wind farms in Iowa from separate sellers, involving the renegotiation of existing tax credit transfer arrangements and complex real estate and leasing issues.
• Represented Nelnet in a tax equity transaction for a portfolio of six solar projects in New York and New Jersey. Investor commitment is initially $55 million.
• Represented 1st Source Bank as lender and tax equity investor for construction loan, term loan, and tax equity financing of a portfolio of 17 distributed solar energy projects in Connecticut with a total capacity of 17.7 MWdc.
• Represented Pine Gate Renewables, LLC, in closing $288 million in preferred equity financing, which will be used to support construction and operation of six solar projects in Alabama and Texas with total capacity of 225 MWdc, and in executing solar investment tax credit transfer agreements for the portfolio with two separate corporate buyers.

Client Successes

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Special Reports

Professional

• Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE), member, 2024–present
• Energy Bar Association, member, 2022–present