Build-Transfer Agreements for Renewable Energy Projects: Deal Structures, Key Challenges, and Risk Considerations
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide energy counsel with an in-depth analysis of build-transfer agreements (BTAs) for renewable energy projects. The panel will discuss essential structuring methods for build-transfer transactions, critical components of BTAs, and overcoming challenges that may arise during the engineering, procurement, and construction phases of BTA projects.
Outline
- Challenges and opportunities of utility ownership
- Structuring BTAs for renewable energy projects
- Negotiating key terms and avoiding mishaps in drafting BTAs
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Effectively using BTAs for renewable energy project development
- Negotiating and drafting representations, warranties, covenants, and other key provisions
- Construction financing of BTA projects
- Impact of BTAs on projects using PTCs or ITCs
Faculty
Brett Martino
Attorney
Clean Energy Counsel
Mr. Martino shares a passion for energy solutions that protect and preserve the planet. He brings over a decade of... | Read More
Mr. Martino shares a passion for energy solutions that protect and preserve the planet. He brings over a decade of legal experience in the renewables industry to Clean Energy Counsel, having represented developers, financial institutions, equity investors, landowners, and tenants. A veteran of prominent international law firms, Mr. Martino advises on a broad range of matters related to project development, acquisition, disposition, and financing. That includes leading the negotiation of real estate transactions, EPC contracts, build-transfer agreements, power purchase agreements, renewable energy credit purchase agreements, land use entitlements and permitting approvals, and project acquisitions and dispositions. Prior to joining Clean Energy Counsel, he served as senior in-house counsel at First Solar, Recurrent Energy, and SunEdison. He applies an in-house attorney’s understanding of client needs and commercial sensitivities to his work. Mr. Martino's experience includes representing a major US solar developer in siting, permitting, financing, and sale of solar projects across the country. He represented another solar developer in a 100-megawatt Build-Transfer Agreement with a utility for a solar photovoltaic project, one of the first to be signed for that kind of facility in the United States.
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Gary Stapleton
Attorney
Clean Energy Counsel
Mr. Stapleton's deeply held belief that each of us has a responsibility to make a better world for each new... | Read More
Mr. Stapleton's deeply held belief that each of us has a responsibility to make a better world for each new generation led him to a career in the law that focuses on clients working to accelerate the energy transition and create a sustainable future. As a trusted adviser who has worked on every angle of a transaction, he provides legal and strategic advice to achieve client goals while mitigating risks. Mr. Stapleton serves as advocate, adviser or negotiator to companies, investors, and developers.
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