With a heavy transactional focus, the team at Sidley Austin LLP advises on the gamut of relevant regulatory issues arising in electric power deals. Among the range of matters handled are energy market design, counsel on FERC’s energy storage rule, vehicle-to-grid integration, grid resiliency, behind-the-meter generation for large data center developers, and EV charging infrastructure connection. Kenneth Irvin leads the practice and is well versed in representing major market stakeholders in high-stakes cases and strategic regulatory matters. His sizeable team includes Terence Healey, an experienced name in the wholesale electricity market, and Casey Khan, whose practice straddles FERC, CFTC, and financial market regulation matters. Irvin is based in Washington DC, while Healey and Khan are in Boston and Houston, respectively.
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Key clients
- Macquarie Energy LLC
- Osprey Energy Holdings, LLC
- BlackRock
- Dairyland Power Cooperative
- Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP
- Guzman Energy Group LLC
- J. Aron & Company
- Tract Capital Management, LP
- Vineyard Wind
- California North Floating LLC
- Vistra Corp. and Calpine Corporation (Joint Clients)
Work highlights
Represented Macquarie Inc., as agent, in a successful out-of-court restructuring of its loans to Lanyard Power, owner of two gas-generated power facilities in Maryland (Chalk Point Power, LLC and Dickerson Power).
Representing BlackRock on its blanket authorization from FERC to acquire securities of publicly trading electric utility holding companies.
Advising Dairyland on the construction of a 765 kV interstate transmission line and associated facilities, to be co-owned and constructed by Dairyland and other partner utilities.
Practice head
Kenneth Irvin
Other key lawyers
Terence Healey; Casey Khan; Sarah Tucker; Keturah Brown; Grace Dickson Gerbas; Nisha Jain