Southeast Renewable Energy - Presented by Infocast

 

2022 ABOUT THE SUMMIT

 

Meet In-Person the Utilities, Corporates and Other Market Players Who Are Driving the Renewable Buildout in the Southeast

The Southeast Renewable Energy Summit is the ONLY conference covering this burgeoning market that gets key state policymakers, critical decision makers, and leading utility executives and renewable energy players from the most dynamic states in the region — including North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky — to provide the most definitive updates on the issues you’ll need to understand to seize the very best opportunities.

This profoundly informative event will delve deeply into:

  • How utilities across the region plan to convert their clean energy commitments into their IRPs
  • What directions are increasingly sophisticated corporate buyers driving both energy policies and procurement strategies?
  • What roles will storage play in assuring reliability and resilience in a region troubled by increasingly violent storms and hurricanes?
  • How are increasing costs and inflationary pressures affecting developer strategies, the M&A market and project financing?
  • How MISO South and more generally transmission system access and development will affect opportunities across the region
  • And more…!

In 2022, over 450 regulators, utility executives, renewable energy developers, financiers, and other active participants joined this remarkably insightful event. We expect the event to be even bigger and better in 2023!

Don’t miss this opportunity to network with and learn from key decision makers, leading players, and your peers about the challenges and opportunities of renewable energy development in this remarkably active market.

450+

In-Person Attendees

85

Expert Speakers

18

Content-Packed Sessions

 

2022 FEATURED SPEAKERS

 

Commissioner
Brent Bailey

MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION - CENTRAL DISTRICT

Steve Baxley, PE
Research and Development
SOUTHERN COMPANY

Lane Boldman
Director
KENTUCKY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

Myles Burnsed
Vice President of Strategic Developments
EDF RENEWABLES

Commissioner
Tim Echols

GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Erich Fritz
Manager of Business Development
DOMINION ENERGY

Carson Harkrader
CEO
CAROLINA SOLAR ENERGY

Todd Hillman
Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer
MISO

Elizabeth Ingram
Director, Regulatory Affairs
ENTERGY LOUISIANA

Kenneth Jennings
General Manager of Renewable Integration and Operations
DUKE ENERGY

Commissioner
Karen Kemerait

NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION

Katharine Kollins
President
SOUTHEASTERN WIND COALITION

Wilson Mallard
Director of Renewable Development
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY

Commissioner
Kimberly A. O'Guinn

ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Joshua Rogol
Chief Development Officer
STRATA CLEAN ENERGY

Corey Sellers
General Manager of Transmission Policy & Services / Energy Policy
SOUTHERN COMPANY
and
Operating Committee
SEEM

Maggie Shober
Research Director
SOUTHERN ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN ENERGY

Gary Thompson
Business Development Manager, Energy Storage Development
DUKE ENERGY

Cari VanAmburg
Head of Policy and Government Affairs
RECURRENT ENERGY

Danny Van Clief
CEO
SUN TRIBE DEVELOPMENT

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

 

  • Renewable Energy Developers
  • Utilities
  • Co-Ops
  • Munis
  • Corporate Energy Buyers
  • Regulators
  • Financiers
  • Law Firms
  • Consultants
  • Solar and Storage Equipment Providers
  • EPCs
  • Service Providers

SAMPLE OF 2022 ATTENDEES & PARTICIPANTS:

 

  • 1898 & Co.
  • ABB Inc.
  • ACCURE Battery Intelligence
  • Aderis Energy, LLC
  • Advanced Energy Economy
  • AES
  • Ampyr Energy USA
  • Apex Clean Energy
  • Apogee
  • Arkansas Public Service Commission
  • Avangrid Renewables
  • Babcock & Wilcox
  • Balch and Bingham LLP
  • Beaufort Rosemary LLC
  • Beltline Energy
  • Black Mountain Energy Storage
  • Blue Ridge Power
  • Bluestem Energy Solutions
  • Booth & Associates, LLC
  • Bowman Consulting
  • Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
  • BrightNight Power
  • Brown & Brown (Beecher Carlson)
  • Burns & McDonnell
  • Burr & Forman LLP
  • CAC Specialty
  • Candela Renewables
  • Capital Power
  • Carolina Solar Energy
  • Castle Energy Group
  • CFEX
  • Charlotte Business Journal
  • CleanChoice Energy
  • ClearGen
  • Cleco
  • Cobb EMC
  • Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses
  • Cornerstone Systems, Inc.
  • cQuant.io
  • CREADIS Inc.
  • CWP Energy Solutions
  • Cypress Creek Renewables
  • Davey Resource Group, Inc.
  • Davis Hill Development
  • Daymark Energy Advisors, Inc.
  • DHL Industrial Projects
  • Dominion Energy
  • Duke Energy
  • E2
  • East Point Energy
  • ECS Southeast, LLP
  • EDF Renewables, Inc.
  • EDP Renewables
  • Electric Power Engineers, LLC
  • Empower Energies
  • Enerfin Renewables
  • Energy and Policy Institute
  • Energy Exemplar
  • energyRe
  • Enertis Solar Inc
  • Entergy Louisiana
  • Enverus
  • EOS Capital Advisors
  • ERM
  • Erthos
  • Essense Partners
  • Federal Pacific
  • First National Bank of PA
  • First Solar
  • FORVIS LLP
  • Fox Rothschild
  • Fractal Energy Storage Consultants
  • Freestone Renewables
  • GAI Consultants, Inc.
  • GameChange Solar
  • Gemma Power Systems
  • Georgia Power Company
  • Georgia Public Service Commission
  • Green Lantern Solar
  • Green Power EMC
  • GreenFront Energy Partners
  • GreenGo Energy US, Inc.
  • Greenleaf Power
  • GreenStruxure
  • Greenvolt Power Actualize
  • HDR Engineering
  • Headwater Environmental
  • Heelstone Renewable Energy, LLC
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • Houlihan Lokey
  • Hy Stor Energy LP
  • Ingeteam
  • Invenergy LLC
  • Jiachi West, LLC
  • JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc.
  • Johnson Controls
  • JST Power Equipment
  • Kairos Government Affairs
  • Kale Construction Supply
  • Kentucky Conservation Committee
  • Kentucky Office of Energy Policy
  • Key Equipment Finance
  • Kilpatrick Townsend
  • Kimley-Horn Associates
  • KPMG
  • LaBella Associates
  • Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
  • Leeward Renewable Energy
  • Leyline Renewable Capital, LLC
  • Liberty Utilities
  • Longroad Energy
  • LS Energy Solutions
  • Madison Energy Investments
  • Mainstream Renewable Power
  • Mangum Economics
  • Manulife Investment Management
  • McAdams
  • McGriff Insurance
  • McGuireWoods Consulting LLC
  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • Mercer Thompson
  • Meta
  • Milliken
  • MISO
  • Mississippi Power Company
  • Mississippi Public Service Commission
  • Mitsubishi Electric
  • Mountain Association
  • MUFG
  • National Grid Renewables
  • NC Clean Energy Technology Center
  • NCSEA
  • Nelson Mullins
  • Nexceris (Li-ion Tamer)
  • NextEra Energy
  • North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association
  • North Carolina Utilities Commission
  • Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
  • Novis Renewables LLC
  • Nucor Corporation
  • Oakhurst Energy Development
  • Olsson
  • Origis Energy
  • Origis Services, LLC
  • ORIX Corporation
  • Palmetto Power
  • Parker Poe
  • Pathward, National Assoication
  • Pattern Energy
  • Patward
  • Pine Gate Renewables
  • Pinnacle Financial Partners
  • Plus Power, LLC
  • PNE USA
  • Powder Day Capital, LLC
  • Primergy Solar
  • QE Solar
  • Radiance Solar
  • Rayonier
  • Recurrent Energy
  • Redeux Energy
  • ReneSola Power
  • Renewco Power Ltd.
  • RES
  • RockBridge Energy
  • RPS
  • RWE Renewables
  • S&ME, Inc.
  • SAM Companies
  • Sargent & Lundy
  • Savion Energy
  • ScottMadden
  • SERC
  • Silicon Ranch
  • Sofos Harbert Renewable Energy
  • Sol Systems
  • SolAmerica Energy
  • Solar Provider Group
  • Solar4America
  • Sol-REIT
  • Solterra Energy, LLC
  • SolUnesco
  • Southeast Sustainability Directors Network
  • Southeastern Wind Coalition
  • Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
  • Southern Company
  • Southern Environmental Law Center
  • Southern Renewable Energy Association
  • Southface
  • Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
  • Staubli
  • Stellar Renewable Power
  • Stewart Title Guaranty Company
  • Strata Clean Energy
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
  • Sun Tribe Development
  • SWCA Environmental Consultants
  • Swell Energy
  • TenneSEIA
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
  • The Hawthorn Group
  • Thompson McMullan, P.C. and Chair of Board, Virginia Renewable Energy Alliance
  • Tidwell Group
  • Timberland Investment Resources
  • Today's Power, Inc.
  • Total Energies
  • Treaty Oak Clean Energy
  • Treehouse Investments
  • Triple Oak Power
  • Troutman Pepper
  • True Green Capital
  • TVA
  • Ulteig
  • United Community Bank
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • Urban Grid Solar
  • USDA
  • ViewPoint Solutions Group, LLC
  • Vitis Energy
  • VSUN
  • Wattch
  • Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking
  • Weyerhaeuser
  • Wind Works Power
  • Wood PLC
  • WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure Inc.
  • Zorya Energy Advisors

 

VENUE

 

Sheraton Charlotte
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McGuireWoods LLP

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McGuireWoods’ cross-discipline, cross-practice energy industry team brings together legal, policy, energy technology and business experience to meet the challenges our clients face. Our energy industry experience has been recognized for the depth of our bench (more than 100 interdisciplinary lawyers) and the extent of our experience. We have been serving some of our energy clients for nearly 50 years.

We advance our renewable energy clients’ interests by getting deals done, by helping clients successfully and creatively navigate the complexities and pitfalls in this dynamically evolving industry and by maximizing the value of various tax, energy, environmental rules, markets and governmental incentives available to the renewable energy industry.

Burns & McDonnell

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At Burns & McDonnell, our engineers, construction professionals, architects, planners, technologists and scientists do more than plan, design and construct. With a mission unchanged since 1898 — make our clients successful — our more than 13,500 professionals partner with you on the toughest challenges, constantly working to make the world an amazing place. Each professional brings an ownership mentality to projects at our 100% employee-owned firm, which has safety performance among the top 5% of AEC firms. As dedicated owners, we work through challenges until they’re resolved, meeting or exceeding our clients’ goals. We apply this commitment to our communities, too. We live and work in the same cities you call home, so we share a passion to keep them strong and healthy. From fundraising events and community cleanups to educational outreach and mentorship — especially when it comes to sharing our passion for STEM — our professionals work to make our communities thrive.

McGuireWoods Consulting

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McGuireWoods Consulting is a national, full-service public affairs firm serving companies and organizations across industry sectors at the local, state and federal levels. Unlike many public affairs firms with Washington, D.C., offices, we have extensive state-level and national practice teams that complement our strong federal group and allow us to work across all levels of government to optimize results for our clients. We have a broad and diverse array of relationships and contacts with key government officials and agencies, influential former officeholders and staffers, and organizations that impact both public policy and the regulatory process. Our firm also boasts a national infrastructure and economic development team and a national strategic communications and advocacy team, both of which also serve a full-spectrum of clients. McGuireWoods Consulting is proud to possess the ability to tap the vast knowledge of our McGuireWoods’ attorneys – a unique, potent combination that few firms can match.

Troutman Pepper

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The energy industry is a key vertical and center of excellence at Troutman Pepper. We have been recognized as a “National Top-Tier” Energy Practice for eight consecutive years and received the 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” distinction for Energy Law in U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” edition, and our renewable energy practice has won nationwide recognition in the Chambers USA and The Legal 500 guides. We provide top legal advice to independent power producers, developers, lenders, utilities, industrial and government clients in energy-related businesses in the U.S. and internationally. We have extensive transactional, financing and regulatory experience in the electric power (including renewable energy), natural gas and water industries. The firm can bring to bear top transactional and regulatory practitioners in order to maximize the value of transactions in the heavily regulated energy space.

Aderis Energy

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Aderis Energy, LLC (formerly Solar Operations Solutions), provides simple, intelligent energy management solutions. With over 700MW under management, Aderis Energy has experience with a broad range of equipment, project locations, and utilities. Since its inception, Aderis Energy has been dedicated to providing the highest quality service, developing innovative technology, and providing continuous improvement feedback to ensure that future projects are developed to provide high reliability, maximum generating yields, and low-cost long-term ownership.

CWP Energy Solutions

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Started in 2012, CWP Energy is comprised of traditional energy traders, PhDs, actuaries, derivatives traders and risks managers. Our technology-driven approach to addressing evolving grid dynamics has bolstered our position as a top trading firm in North American Electricity Markets.

CWP Energy Solutions, our clients facing division, was born from the needs of fellow market participants in navigating risks posed by increasing grid intermittency. Our AI-enabled active management helps our clients mitigate risks and optimize revenues. Our services include Active Asset Management, Battery Storage Optimization, Scheduling & Dispatching Services, and Price Certainty Products.

CWP Energy Solutions is challenging traditional asset management methods with its proprietary AI- enabled platform, ARB (Augmented Renewables and Batteries). ARB continuously identifies opportunities presented by intermittency and dynamic grid conditions, ingesting data and interfacing with markets in real-time. ARB is designed to bring together CWP’s market expertise, proven artificial intelligence and proprietary data to optimize portfolio value.

Fox Rothschild LLP

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FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP is a national law firm with 950 attorneys who provide a comprehensive suite of legal services in more than 70 practice areas. Our Renewable Energy & Project Development practice group helps clients explore new technologies and market opportunities while navigating the constantly evolving set of laws and regulations that govern this industry. We are experienced in all aspects of renewable energy projects and transactions. We serve a wide range of renewable energy sector clients, including: independent power producers developing renewable energy facilities and selling energy output; operating companies looking to purchase facilities; companies and institutions interested in purchasing renewable energy output from a third-party owned system or utility; and land owners looking to put their real property to use for renewable energy projects. Fox’s other core practices include Bankruptcy, Corporate, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Real Estate and Tax. Individuals and businesses – public, private and nonprofit; startup, family-run and multinational – receive our unwavering commitment to client satisfaction.

Fractal Energy Storage Consultants

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Fractal Energy Storage Consultants is a specialized consulting and engineering firm that provides expert consulting, owner’s engineering and advisory services for energy storage and hybrid projects. Unmatched experience with over 800 utility-scale projects served globally in the last decade. Best-in-class technoeconomic modeling and due diligence service to optimize opportunities and de-risk investments. Key services include project analysis, procurement, contract support, due diligence, OE services, buy-side and sell-side M&A advisory. Learn more about our services online at https://www.energystorageconsultants.com.

Heelstone Renewable Energy

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Heelstone Renewable energy is leading developer of utility scale solar projects across the US. Heelstone has successfully developed over 65 projects across 12 states with an aggregate generating capacity of 1.1 GW and has an active pipeline of more than 1.3 GWs. Founded in 2012, Heelstone has a strong team of industry experts with deep experience across all of aspects of development, origination, financing and construction. Heelstone is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and is backed by Ares Infrastructure and Power Group.

Leyline Renewable Capital

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Leyline Renewable Capital invests in the development, construction, and financing of sophisticated renewable energy projects. Backed by a team of seasoned investors with deep experience in the renewable industry, Leyline provides financing that bridges the gap between development and construction. By investing in the pre-construction phase of renewable energy projects, Leyline can accelerate the development process and help developers scale their business. Leyline leverages a broad base of experience in greenfield project development, design, construction, and finance with an extensive network of relationships with industry leaders to provide support and capital for projects from concept to commercial operation.

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

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Chadbourne & Parke and Norton Rose Fulbright merged on June 30 to make a combined firm with 4,000 lawyers in 59 offices in 33 countries, including 400 working in the power sector of whom close to a 100 are in the United States.  The prestigious Chambers directory has consistently ranked the Chadbourne project finance team at the top of the US renewable energy market based on year-round interviewing of corporate law departments and peers at other firms.  The group did $53.5 billion in financings in the last two years.   Approximately 60% of the work of the group in each of the last 11 years has been in renewable energy. The group has worked on projects in more than 80 countries.

Origis Services

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Origis Services delivers the promise of clean energy with operations and maintenance (O&M) and asset management services for solar and energy storage across North America. The team manages a diverse utility scale and distributed generation portfolio with experienced professionals backed by a state-of-the-art NERC CIP Certified Remote Operations Center (ROC) located at its headquarters in Austin, Texas. Visit us at: www.OrigisServices.com

Parker Poe

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Parker Poe’s Energy Team guides clients through project development and finance, regulatory compliance and investigations, and joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions. We are experienced before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and state utility commissions in the Southeast.

Our clients include independent power producers, renewable energy developers (solar PV, solar thermal, wind, fuel cell, biomass, biogas, and geothermal), commercial and industrial energy consumers, universities, financial institutions, tax equity investors, engineering, procurement, and construction companies, electric and gas utilities, and electric cooperatives. We approach each project like our clients do: collaborating and assembling the skill sets needed to accomplish the task effectively and efficiently.

Pathward

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Pathward, N.A. is a U.S.-based financial empowerment company driven by its purpose to power financial inclusion for all™. Pathward strives to increase financial availability, choice, and opportunity across our Banking as a Service and Commercial Finance business lines. The strategic business lines provide end-to-end support to individuals and businesses.

Pathward’s Commercial Finance division, formerly known as Crestmark and AFS/IBEX, provides business-to-business financial products including asset-based lending, accounts receivable financing, equipment leasing/financing, structured financing (including SBA and USDA lending) and insurance premium financing. In fact, the USDA recognized Pathward as the top OneRD program lender in FY2021. With representatives across the country and a Canadian foreign representative office, Pathward helps industries nationwide including manufacturing, staffing, renewable energy, insurance, transportation, distribution, construction, and IT/technology. Learn more about Pathward and how we help deliver a better financial future with forward-thinking solutions at Pathward.com.

Powder Day Capital

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Powder Day Capital (PDC) is a boutique advisory firm founded in 2016. PDC focuses ona ssisting renewables developers and loads with sourcing and executing power purchase agreements (PPA). We work with loads to identify all the renewables projects that fit their supply criteria, manage the RFP process and assist the client through execution of the PPA. PDC also works with developers to source off-takers for their projects. PDC works with some of the largest loads and developers in the US. Each member of the PDC has more than twenty years of commodities and PPA experience.

Zorya Energy Advisors

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Zorya Energy Advisors guides institutional and strategic investors, developers, regional
distributed energy companies, and commercial & industrial building owners who want to
move into new markets and strategic spaces. Zorya Energy Advisors will find you the
project, portfolio, partner, or investor that best aligns all stakeholders' interests and
guide you through the process to optimize the benefits of M&A, tax equity, debt and
restructuring transactions.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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Bradley is a national law firm with a reputation for skilled legal work, exceptional client service, and impeccable integrity.

Our Renewable Energy team is composed of attorneys with experience in every phase of development, from conception to generation and offtake. We represent renewable developers, owners, operators, and EPC/O&M contractors in all stages of project development, including real estate acquisitions, due diligence, and permitting and zoning compliance. We negotiate and advise on key project documents, such as PPAs, interconnection agreements, procurement agreements, and EPC and O&M agreements. We also offer advice on complex compliance matters essential to renewable energy development, from state and federal regulatory matters, tax incentives, international procurement, project finance and insurance.

Bradley attorneys combine legal experience and knowledge with a sophisticated understanding of the renewable energy industry to find practical, strategic solutions specifically tailored to our clients’ business operations.

ECS Southeast

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Whether it be through geotechnical, environmental, construction materials or facilities services, ECS has the consulting capabilities and connections to help you achieve your goals. We are eager to bring our experience and expertise to your most challenging and complicated projects. The work we do does not always have a simple solution, but rest assured, we are problem solvers. We will ask the right questions, listen to your concerns and deliver. With over 30 years in the industry and locations across the nation, we have the strength to support your project.

United Community Bank

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United Community Bank provides a full range of banking, wealth management and mortgage services for relationship-oriented consumers and business owners. United has $18.9 billion in assets and 162 offices in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee along with a national SBA lending franchise and a national equipment lending subsidiary. Known as “The Bank That SERVICE Built,” United has been recognized nationally for delivering award-winning service. In 2021, J.D. Power ranked United highest in customer satisfaction with retail banking in the Southeast, marking seven out of the last eight years United earned the coveted award. United was also named one of the “Best Banks to Work For” by American Banker in 2020 for the fourth year in a row based on employee satisfaction. Forbes recognized United on its 2021 list of the 100 Best Banks in America for the eighth consecutive year. Additional information about United can be found at www.ucbi.com.

Burr & Forman LLP

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For more than a century, Burr & Forman LLP’s experienced legal team has served clients at the intersection of business and government. With over 350 attorneys across Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, Burr & Forman draws from a diverse range of industry experience and practice knowledge to help clients address their legal needs and achieve their goals. Our lawyers work with clients in the renewable energy industry on corporate, economic development, tax, real estate, environmental, and regulatory issues. Our renewable energy team is experienced in dealing with projects throughout the United States related to solar, wind, biofuels and biomass, synthetic fuels, hydrogen fuel cells, natural gas technologies, and nuclear energy.

Balch & Bingham

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Balch & Bingham represents electric utilities, independent power producers and investment funds that focus on a wide-variety of energy transactions and infrastructure development, where renewable energy is playing an increasingly vital role. The firm’s practice extends to each of the Regional Transmission Organization regions of the U.S., from New York to California. Our practice also covers the Southeast and Northwest regions.

Balch is frequently engaged by significant energy participants as counsel in all phases of the development and operation of renewable generation and battery storage projects, including EPC contracts, tax strategies, offtake agreements, FERC approvals, RTO requirements, mergers and acquisitions, interconnection, state regulatory approvals and environmental matters.

With a nearly 100-year legacy of service to the electric industry, Balch includes a team of 200+ attorneys throughout the Southeast, Texas and Washington, D.C., who remain committed to helping the next generation of industry participants prepare for and build a sustainable future.

SolAmerica Energy, LLC

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SolAmerica Energy is a leading provider of turnkey solar energy and energy storage solutions, based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in the development and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of ground-mount, rooftop, and parking canopy solar systems designed to meet the distributed generation needs of utilities and large commercial and industrial facilities. SolAmerica relies on best-in-class materials, operational excellence, on-time execution, and highly competitive pricing. Since its founding in 2009, SolAmerica has developed or constructed hundreds of megawatts of solar projects in 11 states and over 100 counties.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (“SuMi TRUST”) engages in the trust and banking businesses globally. It provides financial services, such as syndicated loans, real estate finance, project finance, asset finance, M&A finance, and asset securitization arrangements. Founded in 1925 and HQ in Tokyo, Japan, SuMi TRUST has an AUM of $1.1 trillion and more than 13,000 employees across its 150 domestic and 10 overseas offices. It has a total loan balance of $275 billion and manages app. 1,300 corporate pension funds.

The Structured Finance Department at SuMi TRUST has financed more than 400 projects globally, third of which were arranged by us, with a total commitment of $15 billion. We are active in the renewable space and have financed more than 200 renewable projects thus far. Our project finance portfolio in the Americas includes over two dozen wind and solar projects. We provide construction and term financing, green loans, warehouse facilities, bridge financing, LCs, SWAP etc. We look to forge deep relationships with our customers and provide support with bespoke solutions.

Blue Ridge Power

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Blue Ridge Power is a full-service EPC company for renewable energy projects across the United States. The company offers integrated engineering, a qualified professional labor force and an expansive fleet of equipment to serve the needs of its clients looking for a turnkey solution for solar and solar + storage projects. Blue Ridge Power was formed to create a best-in-class company that is a leader in the solar industry.

Blue Ridge Power has built a total of 6GW of projects and, in 2021 alone, the company constructed and completed 1.5GW of projects across the Carolinas, Georgia, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Headquartered in Asheville, NC, Blue Ridge Power has deep relationships working with utility partners and vendors, relying on experience and dedication to get the job done right.

Hy Stor Energy

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Hy Stor Energy is facilitating the transition to a fossil-free energy environment by developing and advancing renewable hydrogen at scale through the development, commercialization, and operation of renewable hydrogen hub projects. The company defines green hydrogen as that only that of which has produced from renewables — as set forth by the Green Hydrogen Assembly. Large, fully integrated projects produce, store, and deliver 100% carbon-free, energy, providing customers with safe and reliable renewable energy on-demand. Developed as part of an integrated hub, these projects couple on-site renewable hydrogen production with integrated long-duration storage and distribution – using scale to reduce costs. Hy Stor Energy, led by energy storage industry and hydrogen technology veteran Laura L. Luce, has an innovative team with deep expertise and is positioned as a leader in the renewable hydrogen revolution. For more information, please visit www.hystorenergy.com.

ERTHOS

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Erthos has perfected the science of installing solar modules directly on the ground. Leveraging the heat-absorbing properties of the earth, unbeatable aerodynamics, lowest-cost installation method, and robotic cleaning, Erthos offers the least-expensive and highest-performing system architecture for utility-scale solar power on the planet.

Founded in 2019 and located in Tempe, Arizona, Erthos offers a full suite of products and services aimed at helping developers dramatically reduce the levelized cost of energy or “LCOE” on utility-scale solar power plants. Its executives and management hail from companies including Tesla, Intel, General Electric, First Solar, Depcom Power, Sterling & Wilson, SMA, Solar Frontier, and Plug Power. The team has extensive experience in global markets, including the US, Latin America, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Asia, and the Pacific. Find out more about Erthos at www.erthos.com.

Ingeteam

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At Ingeteam, we are convinced that there is a different way to generate, transport, store and consume energy more efficiently and sustainably.

We want to consolidate our position as a leader in renewable generation (wind, solar, and hydroelectric), storage, the intelligent transport network, and the efficient and clean consumption of electrical energy via our electric vehicle chargers, converters, and motors for railway, marine, steel, water and for the production of green hydrogen and submersible pump and motors for water.

With a team of over 4,000 people present in 24 countries, we have already delivered 25 GW of solar PV capacity with our solar inverters, over 54 GW of our converters and generators for the wind industry, accumulated 1.6 GWh in electrical storage facilities and are a world leader in the provision of operation and maintenance services at renewable energy plants, with more than 18 GW of maintained capacity.

Sol-REIT

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Sol-REIT is a structured finance partner for small and mid-size solar developers across the nation seeking to disrupt the financial paradigm for solar developers and democratize access to affordable clean energy for families, businesses, and government institutions across North America with their revolutionary financing solution.

With Sol-REIT’s innovative financing structure, you can grow your business while helping to end the fragmentation and inefficiencies that constrain small and medium-sized solar developers from participating in the robust transformation of North America’s energy grid from fossil fuel to green power.

Booth & Associates

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Booth & Associates, LLC is a firm unlike most. We are a large firm of consulting engineers which began serving our utility clients over sixty years ago. While Booth has continuously and progressively expanded into a multi-office, multi-state engineering firm, we have maintained enduring relationships with our clients who began with us. Our subsidiary companies, many of which have also been in business for 50 to 60 years, are among the most successful and reputable contractors in our business.

In those 60+ years, we’ve developed a thorough understanding of the energy business; where it has been and where it’s going. We make it our business to look ahead at the new technologies, efficient designs and cost saving innovations. We strive to continually expand our knowledge base, hone our skills and think creatively to better serve our customers. Booth proudly belongs to the PrimeLine U.S. operating companies and its larger network of energy and engineering services. Customers rely on our companies to deliver turn-key solutions that help solve their day-to-day challenges and planned growth.

Our core belief of quality delivered at a fair price began 60+ years ago as a family-owned business. That common goal of service excellence still unites us today.

As consulting engineers, Booth provides a wide variety of engineering services to the energy and utility industries, including; Transmission, Distribution, Substation, Protection & Control, SCADA, Planning, System Studies, Financial/Rate Services, Civil & Structural Engineering, Gas Design, Project Management, Procurement, Telecommunications, Surveying and a variety of Specialty Engineering Services.

Please contact one of our Booth & Associates team members for any questions you may have at 919.851.8770 or email us at [email protected]

Empower Energies

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Empower Energies, Inc., headquartered in Frederick, Maryland, is a clean energy project solutions provider focused on applying the right mixTM of combined heat and power (CHP), PV solar, and energy optimization solutions – with financing – to meet the profitability, resiliency and sustainability objectives of hospitals, universities, municipalities, and schools, as well as multi-facility commercial and industrial organizations.

JDK Capital Limited

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JDK Capital is the world’s leading digital infrastructure asset investor and crypto mining service provider. The company owns several ESG-oriented digital infrastructure resources, such as Double Energy and Unipow. Its subsidiary Double Energy develops data center and crypto mining assets around the world, working closely with power generators, utility providers and local regulators to supply computing power through utilizing environmentally conscious energy. Unipow is another subsidiary that offers cloud computing power to support the vast development of digital infrastructure. It empowers retail investors to own a piece of the digital infrastructure asset and computing power, providing investors with the comprehensive, transparent, and effective tool to obtain digital assets.

LaBella Associates

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LaBella Associates provides expertise to developers and municipalities at all stages of renewable energy projects. From planning and property acquisition to environmental review, permitting, and the studies that may be necessitated from these processes, our team can guide you to an engineering-ready site. From there, our civil, electrical, and power transmission and distribution engineers can deliver technical solutions customized to local requirements. And if it’s solar you’re considering, our solar construction team can install a complete solar system at any size.

McGriff Insurance

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The McGriff name dates back to 1886 and the founding of McGriff, Seibels & Williams. Today, McGriff is part of Truist Insurance Holdings, Inc., the 9th largest insurance brokers in the world.

McGriff provides highly consultative risk management and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. Coverages available include surety bonds, commercial property and casualty, small business, employee benefits, management liability, and more.

The McGriff Energy Practice offers specialty services for clients operating in the energy industry with both national and worldwide operations. In our 40+ year history serving all sectors of the energy industry, we’ve grown to be one of the largest energy brokers in the nation — and one of the top five energy brokers worldwide.

McGriff’s expertise in the world of renewable energy financial assurance needs include bonds issued to secure interconnection agreements, power purchase agreements, EPC contracts, bids, advanced payments, and more.

Solar4America

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Solar4America is a premium solar panel US manufacturer, located in Sacramento, CA. We manufacture a variety of American-made solar panels for residential, commercial, and utility projects. We have been investing extensively in state-of-the-art equipment, technologies and teams in the U.S. which enable us to provide great local customer services and warranties to our customers.

SWCA Environmental Consultants

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SWCA is a nationwide environmental consulting firm, with over 1,200 professionals who understand the unique challenges of developing offshore wind energy. Whether working directly with the BOEM, offshore wind developers or pertinent state and local agencies, SWCA understands offshore wind project needs – from effective stakeholder engagement, site assessment, and geotechnical and geophysical survey plan preparation and permitting and survey implementation to development of a construction and operation plan and associated technical analyses that meet BOEM and cooperating agency requirements.

SWCA has 10 offices in California, Hawaii, and Oregon, that provide expertise for renewable energy projects. Our largest business sector is renewable energy, and we have supported 400+ renewable energy projects across the Pacific Coast and Islands. SWCA has been an active member of the California Offshore Wind Coalition and currently co-chairs the ACP/OWC permitting workgroup. In addition, SWCA is well-versed in the preparation of legally defensible NEPA and CEQA documents.

Tidwell Group, LLC

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Tidwell Group, LLC, has been named an INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA) Best of the Best Firm for 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019 and Forbes list of ‘America’s Best Tax and Accounting Firms of 2021’. These acknowledgments follow the firm’s Fastest Growing ranking for 2021, 2019, 2018, and 2017. A leading accounting and advisory firm with offices in Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, and Columbus, Tidwell Group specializes in the tax credit, real estate, and construction industries. Our experienced professionals serve all asset classes within the affordable housing industry. With expertise ranging from low-income housing tax credits, bonds, and conventional financing, renewable energy, HUD compliance and reporting, and USDA-Rural Development compliance and reporting, our focus is on developing long-term client relationships through value-driven results. We are ready to roll up our sleeves and make an immediate impact on your business. Tidwell Group’s expertise, partnership mentality, and hands-on approach enable us to offer advice and new opportunities to improve your business.

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Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association (GSREIA)

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The Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association (GSREIA) represents Solar and Renewable Energy firms throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in matters of policy, regulation, and public relations. GSREIA is a non-profit, open-membership trade association with an elected board and officers, advocating to benefit the region’s economy and environment.

Kentucky Conservation Committee

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NC Clean Energy Technology Center

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NC Sustainable Energy Association

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The NC Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) is​ a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization of individuals, businesses, government, and nonprofits interested in North Carolina's sustainable energy future. Our mission is to drive policy and market development to create clean energy jobs, economic opportunities and affordable energy that benefits all of North Carolina.

Southeastern Wind Coalition

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Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

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Southern Renewable Energy Association

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TenneSEIA

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Virginia Renewable Energy Alliance (VA-REA)

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RTO Insider

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RTO Insider™ is your eyes and ears on the organized electric markets, putting you “inside the room” at PJM Interconnection, MISO, NYISO, ISO-NE and SPP. We provide independent, objective coverage and analysis of the wholesale electric industry’s markets and policymaking, saving you time and ensuring you don’t miss the issues most important to your interests.

Features include:

  • Coverage of key RTO/ISO committee, subcommittee and task force meetings. We’ll be there when you can’t.
  • Coverage of news events impacting the industry throughout the 35 states managed by the RTOs/ISOs.
  • Coverage of state and federal regulatory (FERC, EPA) & legislative news affecting RTO/ISO stakeholders.
  • Issue Briefs: Concise summaries of major issues (e.g., Order 1000, EPA’s 111(d) rule).

What RTO Insider isn’t: We are not advocates or representatives. You can trust that our coverage will not be slanted to the interests of any member or membership sector.

What RTO Insider is: A source for both the big picture (e.g. analyses of major FERC rulings and RTO stakeholder developments) and the details (why is Manual 28 being changed and what does that mean to me?)

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