Energy Law

Energy Law

The McKinsey Law Office serves energy clients with their transactional and regulatory needs including facility development, Power Purchase Agreements, permits and approvals, dispute resolution, and the acquisition, development, and sale of energy facilities.

Services include:

  • PPA Negotiation
  • Site Acquisition
  • Facility Permitting
  • Transmission Access and Agreements
  • Facility Studies and Interconnection Agreements
  • Special Energy Program Eligibility and Participation
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Construction Contracts
  • Procurement
  • Regulatory Advocacy (e.g. CPUC, CAISO, CARB, Legislature, CEC)
  • Purchase and Sale
  • Operational Permits and Compliance
  • Community Relations
  • Contract Disputes

Representative Matters

Negotiate Power Purchase Agreement for Nevada geothermal power plant selling to California Independently Owned Utility

Negotiate Power Purchase Agreement for California wind energy facility selling to Southern California Edison

Negotiate Power Purchase Agreement for geothermal power plant selling to a California Municipal Utility

Negotiate and prepare power plant construction agreement for geothermal power plant project in California

Lead project counsel for permitting and governmental and private party negotiations for a 1,000 MW combined cycle power plant in Southern California

Lead project counsel for permitting and governmental and private party negotiations for a 600 MW combined cycle power plant in Southern California

Counsel for air, energy and water permitting for major combined cycle power plant in Contra Costa County, California

Counsel for air, water and other environmental regulatory permitting for proposed power plant in San Francisco County

Pine Tree Wind Project, Kern County, California - Challenge of CEQA decision by Audubon chapters opposing proposed major wind energy project

Counsel regarding air permitting for proposed LNG facility offshore of 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 simple cycle peaker with SCR installation

Turlock Irrigation District, Turlock, California - Counsel to municipal power producer regarding territorial disputes with major investor-owned electrical utility

Bottle Rock Power Plant, Cobb, California - Project counsel for refiring of suspended geothermal power plant in the Geysers region of Northern California

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

Obtained required permits for a major power plant project opposed by the local government, environmental agencies and citizen and community groups

Counsel to major urban repowering project in South San Francisco, California