Renewable Energy Projects: Structuring REC Purchase and Sale Agreement, Interconnection Agreement
Negotiating Key Provisions, Navigating Regulatory Timelines and Requirements
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will examine key considerations for counsel advising on renewable energy projects before entering renewable energy certificate (REC) purchase and sale agreements, net metering credit purchase agreements, and interconnection agreements. The panel will discuss key components of each agreement and offer their perspectives and best practices for negotiating and structuring the agreements.
Outline
- REC purchase and sale agreements
- Considerations
- Provisions
- Regulatory requirements
- Interconnection agreements
- Key considerations
- Key provisions
- PURPA QF issues
- Regulatory requirements
- Best practices for negotiating and structuring the agreements
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Key provisions that should be addressed when structuring REC purchase and sales agreements and interconnection agreements
- Recognizing important regulatory structures by state and the role of PURPA in such transactions
- Long-term considerations for parties and their counsel entering these agreements
- Strategies counsel should employ in drafting and negotiating both REC purchase and sales agreements and interconnection agreements
Faculty

Graham T. Coates
Attorney
Holland & Knight
Mr. Coates is an energy, environmental, and public utility attorney in Holland & Knight's New York office.... | Read More
Mr. Coates is an energy, environmental, and public utility attorney in Holland & Knight's New York office. He represents and advises independent power producers, utilities, power suppliers, project developers, and financial institutions in regulatory matters and commercial transactions involving the financing, development, and operation of energy infrastructure in the United States. His experience extends across a broad range of both renewable and non-renewable energy resources, including wind, solar, fuel cell, combined heat and power, geothermal, liquefied natural gas, biomass and traditional fossil-fired electric generating units. His project development experience includes negotiating power purchase agreements, offtake/sales agreements, EPC contracts, O&M agreements, and securing environmental permits and public financing for energy infrastructure projects. Mr. Coates has also advised clients in the acquisition and disposition of energy assets in various M&A transactions.
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Kristen Thall Peters
Partner
Cooper White & Cooper
Ms. Peters has extensive knowledge and experience with renewable energy projects having aided her clients in... | Read More
Ms. Peters has extensive knowledge and experience with renewable energy projects having aided her clients in successfully developing, operating and expanding hundreds of cogeneration facilities, clean fueling facilities and small to medium sized clean energy power plants over the past 20 years. Her work includes securing the real property interests for the land on which the facilities operate, environmental compliance, compliance with renewable portfolio standards, land use and permitting issues, including environmental impact documentation, negotiating power purchase and interconnection agreements, construction contracts, and agreements for the purchase and sale of both renewable fuel sources and environmental attributes, such as renewable energy credits (RECs), carbon credits, Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) and Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits. She has also been successful in closing several financing transactions for these projects. Ms. Peters is also a frequent speaker on power purchase agreements, ancillary agreements to support renewable energy projects, development of renewable energy projects (including solar, wind, digester gas, biomass, and landfill gas), evaluating environmental impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in light of AB 32 and related greenhouse gas emissions regulations and green building.
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