Hydroelectric
Electricity generation from hydropower projects is reaching record levels in markets around the globe. Our vast experience representing traditional power generation and renewable energy clients, combined with our deep regulatory experience, has made us a go-to firm for major players in hydroelectric projects in the United States, Asia, Africa and Latin America. We represent sponsors, developers, financial institutions and private equity clients in the financing and development of hydroelectric projects of all sizes, including impoundment, run of river, tidal and pumped storage.
We assist clients in the many facets of hydroelectric energy development and production, including:
- Government incentives
- Mergers & acquisitions and joint ventures
- Construction and project development
- Engineer and design contracts
- Operation and maintenance contracts
- Dispute resolution
- Energy project side assessment and due diligence
- Energy regulation
- Project finance
- Power marketing
- Site control
- Land use and permitting
- Power sales
- Transmission and interconnection
- Equipment and supply
- Taxation.
Our dedicated projects & energy transition lawyers are supported by colleagues in offices worldwide in practices including land use and environmental, real estate, tax and regulatory. We assist clients in practical matters including securing sites, entering into equipment procurement and construction contracts (EPC), and negotiating power purchase agreements, sales agreements and other off-take arrangements.
Our projects & energy transition lawyers call upon colleagues in our regulatory practice—a number of whom are former lawyers at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—to assist in due diligence for and documentation of major energy purchase and sale, merger and investment transactions. We draw upon this government experience to secure all required FERC and other federal and state regulatory approvals.
