17^th Annual

Renewable Energy Law Institute

Proceeding as Live Webcast Feb 1-2, 2022
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The University of Texas School of Law
The Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (OGERL)

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PREMIER SPONSORS
Clean Law PC
Haynes and Boone, LLP
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INSTITUTE SPONSORS
Bernstein Shur
Dykema
First American Title Insurance Company
Foley & Lardner LLP
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Madison Street Energy LLC
Nossaman LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
Texas Solar Power Association
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Overview

The 17th Annual Renewable Energy Law Conference—now a live webcast—blends law, economics, technology, finance, tax, and regulatory policy. The conference aims to inform industry participants, legal and financial advisers, as well as key legislative and regulatory policymakers and staff. Join leading attorneys and industry experts in wind, solar, and storage for two days of the latest developments affecting renewable energy in Texas and nationwide.

2022 highlights:

Keith Martin returns with a stellar collection of Washington Energy experts for a round-table discussion on current federal energy policy that impacts renewable energy.
Review and update of important state legislative and regulatory changes impacting the renewable energy markets.
Updates and insights on Winter Storm Uri, what happened, the impacts on the markets, and resulting litigation.
Gain an understanding of landowner perspectives and issues when negotiating renewable energy leases, easements, and ancillary agreements in Land Owners Perspectives in Negotiating Leases.
Energy Transformation and Top Trends Among Critical Industries explores the opportunities for C&I customers to improve resilience, build interconnected power systems, and create new value streams.
2.00 hours of ethics credit, including A Litigator’s Guide to Protecting Clients Against and During Litigation; Preserving the Attorney-Client Privilege – Legal Ethics and Practical Perspectives.
Opportunity to meet program faculty and attendees during Tuesday evening’s networking reception.

New this year – Join us on Monday, January 31^st for Renewable Energy Law Essentials. This afternoon program will cover title and survey basics, key leasing differences for storage, solar, and wind, ERCOT 101, and more.

Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

Day 1 February 1, 2022
Day 2 February 2, 2022

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Tuesday Morning, Feb. 1, 2022
Presiding Officer:
Brent Stahl, Stahl, Davies, Sewell, Chavarria & Friend LLP - Austin, TX
8:20 am

Welcoming Remarks
8:30 am

0.50 hr

What's New?

Hear a lively update on developments affecting the renewable energy market.

Keith Martin, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP - Washington, DC
9:00 am

10-Minute Break
9:10 am

1.00 hr

Federal Energy Panel Discussion

A group of key participants in the renewable energy policy debates discusses the many issues in play in Washington, including tax credit extensions, import tariffs, carbon pricing, transmission, offshore wind, standalone storage, green hydrogen and more.

Moderator:
Keith Martin, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP - Washington, DC
Panelists:
Hon. Richard A. Glick, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Washington, DC
Abigail Ross Hopper, Solar Energy Industries Association - Washington, DC
JC Sandberg, American Clean Power Association - Washington, DC
10:10 am

10-Minute Break
10:20 am

0.75 hr

Legislative and Regulatory Updates Part One

Hear the latest updates on the legislative and regulatory issues impacting renewable energy markets in Texas and beyond.

Michael J. Jewell, Jewell & Associates, PLLC - Austin, TX
Diana M. Liebmann, Haynes and Boone, LLP - San Antonio, TX
11:05 am

5-Minute Break
11:10 am

0.75 hr

Legislative and Regulatory Updates Part Two

A continuation on the legislative and regulatory impacts including a special emphasis on Winter Storm Uri.

Michael J. Jewell, Jewell & Associates, PLLC - Austin, TX
Diana M. Liebmann, Haynes and Boone, LLP - San Antonio, TX
11:55 am

10-Minute Break
12:05 pm

0.75 hr

Integrating Renewable Energy in ERCOT’s Market Redesign

As the Public Utility Commission implements a market redesign at the instruction of the Texas Legislature and Governor, in response to Winter Storm Uri, the big question is how to address resources that are variable with Texas’ reliability needs. Experts will discuss the pending changes in ERCOT market design, as well as a wider breadth of market design options and lessons learned from other markets.

Moderator:
Caitlin Smith, Jupiter Power - Austin, TX
Panelists:
Beth Garza, R Street Institute - Austin, TX
Robert Helton, ENGIE - Bay City, TX
Andy Nguyen, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) - Austin, TX
12:50 pm

30-Minute Break for Lunch - Presentations Resume at 1:20 p.m. CST
Tuesday Afternoon, Feb. 1, 2022
Presiding Officer:
Christine Fernandez Owen, Clean Law PC - Chicago, IL
Luncheon Presentation
1:15 pm

Thank You To Our Luncheon Sponsor
1:20 pm

0.50 hr

Winter Storm Uri - Litigation Update

This litigation update will cover the appeals, district court cases, MDL proceedings, administrative appeals and arguments raised by the parties relating to the ERCOT grid failures of February 2021.

Chrysta Castañeda, The Castañeda Firm - Dallas, TX
1:50 pm

5-Minute Break
1:55 pm

0.75 hr

Domino Effects in Contracts

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Winter Storm Uri are among some of the recent events that have influenced and shaped how contracts are drafted. Examine how contracting parties have sought to address, overcome, and possibly learn from the challenges faced by recent events when drafting their contracts, focusing on offtake agreements.

Daniel Lynch, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - Los Angeles, CA
2:40 pm

10-Minute Break
2:50 pm

1.00 hr

Energy Storage Development Panel

In the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri, and amidst unique global challenges affecting the storage industry including COVID and supply chain issues, project developers are working to bring new clean energy technologies to Texas to strengthen the grid. Explore developers' perspectives about how energy storage alone or combined with renewables can support ERCOT reliability, how contract and merchant transactions inside and outside of ERCOT are being structured to accommodate storage today, and how ERCOT may need to evolve to create pathways to value the reliability benefits of these resources.

Moderator:
Rohit Sachdev, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - San Francisco, CA
Panelists:
Christina Cazares, Primergy - Chicago, IL
Jason Houck, Form Energy, Inc. - Somerville, MA
Sally Shaw, Broadreach Power - Houston, TX
3:50 pm

5-Minute Break
3:55 pm

0.50 hr

Federal Environmental and Regulatory Updates

Wetlands and Wildlife developments under the new Biden Administration.

Brooke M. Marcus, Nossaman LLP - Austin, TX
4:25 pm

5-Minute Break
4:30 pm

1.00 hr ethics

A Litigator’s Guide to Protecting Clients Against and During Litigation; Preserving the Attorney-Client Privilege – Legal Ethics and Practical Perspectives

Focus on strategic and ethical considerations in preventing litigation, addressing litigation when it occurs, and protecting the attorney-client privilege.

Gary Zausmer, Enoch Kever PLLC - Austin, TX
5:30 pm

Thank You to Our Exclusive Webcast Sponsor

Stahl, Davies, Sewell, Chavarria & Friend LLP

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Wednesday Morning, Feb. 2, 2022
Presiding Officer:
Becky H. Diffen, Norton Rose Fulbright - Austin, TX
8:25 am

Morning Announcements
8:30 am

0.75 hr

Mineral Estate Issues in Solar Projects

Analyze mineral, title, and site control considerations in solar projects and provide a general overview of some of the mineral and title issues faced in these projects. Hear an update from a Texas case addressing the accommodation doctrine with mineral owners in Texas, risk mitigation factors to address mineral and title issues, and best practices to keep in mind in dealing with these issues.

Brian Pullin, Husch Blackwell, LLP - Austin, TX
9:15 am

5-Minute Break
9:20 am

0.50 hr

Land Owners Perspectives in Negotiating Leases

Understanding landowner perspectives and issues when negotiating renewable energy leases, easements, and ancillary agreements.

Zachary Brady, Brady & Hamilton - Lubbock, TX
9:50 am

5-Minute Break
9:55 am

0.50 hr

Energy Transformation and Top Trends Among Critical Industries

Modernizing the grid, enabling electrification, and increased use of renewables. What are the opportunities for C&I customers to improve resilience, build interconnected power systems and create new value streams?

India James, ComEd - Chicago, IL
10:25 am

10-Minute Break
10:35 am

1.00 hr

Developers and In House Counsel Panel

This panel of in-house counsel and developers will compare and contrast how real estate, permitting and interconnection issues vary in different grid regions (e.g., ERCOT vs. SPP vs. MISO vs. PJM, etc.) across the United States.

Erin Baker, Vesper Energy - Allen, TX
Emily Carroll, Apex Clean Energy - Charlottesville, VA
Jenn Goodwillie, Orsted - Austin, TX
Mark Wengierski, Scout Clean Energy - Boulder, CO
11:35 am

10-Minute Break
11:45 am

0.75 hr

Financing Panel

We’ve seen tremendous growth in RE investment and surging deal counts, with more renewables entering the grid than ever before. However, there are many key project finance considerations that investors and sponsors need to assess, including looming project finance headwinds over the next 2-3 years, financing structures best suited to keep pace with demand, the effect of direct pay, Capital deployment risks to investors who are new to energy / clean energy, and the effect of inflation on financing.

Moderator:
Britta Von Oesen, CohnReznick Capital - San Francisco, CA
Lan Sasa, NT Solar - Saint Louis, MO
Asha Gandhi, EDP Renewables North America LLC - Houston, TX
12:30 pm

30-Minute Break for Lunch - Presentations Resume at 1:00 p.m. CST
Wednesday Afternoon, Feb. 2, 2022
Presiding Officer:
Matthew Arth, Locke Lord LLP - Austin, TX
Luncheon Presentation
1:00 pm

0.50 hr

Macro-grid Issues: National and Regional Transmission Infrastructure Trends and Implications for Future Generation Project Development.

A discussion on the prospects for large scale transmission development in the United States. Explore thoughts and perspectives on transmission incentives and policy likely to emerge from Washington.

Rob Gramlich, Grid Strategies LLC
Materials By:
Michael Skelly, Grid United LLC - Houston, TX
1:30 pm

10-Minute Break
1:40 pm

1.00 hr ethics

Ethics and the Duty of Loyalty

The lawyer’s fiduciary responsibilities are at the core of ethics programs everywhere, and include the duty to refrain from conflicts of interest. But in a modern society, where lawyers freely move between large firms with sophisticated clients, should the firm and client have a right to waive such traditional conflicts of interest to hire new talent? There is a growing movement to allow firms and lawyers to provide advance consent to situations which are currently barred by conflict of interest rules, as well as organized opposition to “taking the wrecking ball to client loyalty.” Find out what’s going on and see what you think!

Robert Denby, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Houston, TX
Claude E. Ducloux, Attorney at Law - Austin, TX
2:40 pm

10-Minute Break
2:50 pm

0.75 hr

Trends in Restoration Requirements and Forms of Restoration

Explore the current landscape of restoration requirements for utility-scale renewable energy projects—from lease provisions to state laws.

Michael Anderson-Colón, RWE Renewables Americas, LLC - Chicago, IL
Erin Delawalla, RES, LLC - Chicago, IL
3:35 pm

5-Minute Break
3:40 pm

0.75 hr

Texas is an energy state — does that include Hydrogen?

Discuss the results from a large Department of Energy funded hydrogen project at UT-Austin. Discuss possible pathways and challenges to developing a hydrogen economy in the Lone Star State and will touch on what that might mean for energy regulation.

Joshua D. Rhodes, The University of Texas at Austin & IdeaSmiths LLC - Austin, TX
4:25 pm

Adjourn

Day 1 February 1, 2022
Day 2 February 2, 2022

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Conference Faculty

Michael Anderson-Colón

RWE Renewables Americas, LLC
Chicago, IL

Erin Baker

Vesper Energy
Allen, TX

Zachary Brady

Brady & Hamilton
Lubbock, TX

Emily Carroll

Apex Clean Energy
Charlottesville, VA

Chrysta Castañeda

The Castañeda Firm
Dallas, TX

Christina Cazares

Primergy
Chicago, IL

Erin Delawalla

RES, LLC
Chicago, IL

Robert Denby

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Houston, TX

Claude E. Ducloux

Attorney at Law
Austin, TX

Asha Gandhi

EDP Renewables North America LLC
Houston, TX

Beth Garza

R Street Institute
Austin, TX

Hon. Richard A. Glick

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC

Jenn Goodwillie

Orsted
Austin, TX

Rob Gramlich

Grid Strategies LLC

Robert Helton

ENGIE
Bay City, TX

Abigail Ross Hopper

Solar Energy Industries Association
Washington, DC

Jason Houck

Form Energy, Inc.
Somerville, MA

India James

ComEd
Chicago, IL

Michael J. Jewell

Jewell & Associates, PLLC
Austin, TX

Diana M. Liebmann

Haynes and Boone, LLP
San Antonio, TX

Daniel Lynch

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Brooke M. Marcus

Nossaman LLP
Austin, TX

Keith Martin

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Washington, DC

Andy Nguyen

Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
Austin, TX

Brian Pullin

Husch Blackwell, LLP
Austin, TX

Joshua D. Rhodes

The University of Texas at Austin & IdeaSmiths LLC
Austin, TX

Rohit Sachdev

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
San Francisco, CA

JC Sandberg

American Clean Power Association
Washington, DC

Lan Sasa

NT Solar
Saint Louis, MO

Sally Shaw

Broadreach Power
Houston, TX

Michael Skelly

Grid United LLC
Houston, TX

Caitlin Smith

Jupiter Power
Austin, TX

Britta Von Oesen

CohnReznick Capital
San Francisco, CA

Mark Wengierski

Scout Clean Energy
Boulder, CO

Gary Zausmer

Enoch Kever PLLC
Austin, TX

Planning Committee

Caitlin Smith—Co-Chair

Jupiter Power
Austin, TX

Brent Stahl—Co-Chair

Stahl, Davies, Sewell, Chavarria & Friend LLP
Austin, TX

Matthew Arth

Locke Lord LLP
Austin, TX

Scott D. Deatherage

S Deatherage Law, PLLC
Dallas, TX

Becky H. Diffen

Norton Rose Fulbright
Austin, TX

Maria Faconti

Husch Blackwell
Austin, TX

Christine Fernandez Owen

Clean Law PC
Chicago, IL

Rodrigo J. Figueroa

Dykema
San Antonio, TX

Gregory S. Friend

Stahl, Davies, Sewell, Chavarria & Friend LLP
Austin, TX

Michael G. Grable

Oncor Electric Delivery
Dallas, TX

Peter L. Harsy

Madison Street Energy LLC
Chicago, IL

Marty Hopkins

Eversheds Sutherland
Austin, TX

Monty Humble

High Road Clean Energy LLC
Austin, TX

Michael J. Jewell

Jewell & Associates, PLLC
Austin, TX

McCall Johnson

Innovant Public Relations
Houston, TX

Diana M. Liebmann

Haynes and Boone, LLP
San Antonio, TX

Andrea Lucan

Allen & Overy
Los Angeles, CA

Samuel William Porter

Synergetic
Austin, TX

Carolyn E Shellman

Enoch Kever
Austin, TX

Susan Williams Sloan

EDP Renewables
Austin, TX

Beth A. Smith

Bernstein Shur
Portland, ME

Thomas Tynes

Santanna Energy Services & CleanTX
Austin, TX

Adam Wenner

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Washington, DC

Credit Info

Proceeding as Live Webcast

MCLE Credit

Texas – 14.00 hrs | 2.00 hrs Ethics
Legal Specialization(s): Administrative Law, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law

You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you upon claiming credit. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number provided on your certificate of attendance.

California – 14.00 hrs | 2.00 hrs Ethics

To claim California MCLE credit, California credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Illinois – 14.00 hrs | 2.00 hrs Ethics

To claim Illinois MCLE credit, Illinois credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

Within 10 days of the conference you must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, then you will be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will verify the number of Illinois attorneys in attendance within 10 days after the conference and will report your credit to the MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Failure to submit your credit within 10 days may result in attendance not being reported or may result in additional fees being assessed to you for credit reporting. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Kansas – 17.00 hrs | 2.00 hrs Ethics

To claim Kansa MCLE credit, Kansas credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, and provide your Kansas Registration number in your UTCLE.org account. UT Law CLE will report credit claimed credit on your behalf to the Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission (KSCLE) within 30 days after the conference. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 50-minute credit hour.

Louisiana – 14.00 hrs | 2.00 hrs Ethics

To claim Louisiana MCLE credit, Louisiana credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

At the completion of the conference you must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Supreme Court of Louisiana Continuing Legal Education Committee within 30 days after the conference.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Nebraska – 14.00 hrs | 2.00 hrs Ethics

To claim Nebraska MCLE credit, Nebraska credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, then you will be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Nebraska Supreme Court Continuing Legal Education Commission within 30 days after the conference. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.
MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

New Mexico – 14.00 hrs | 2.00 hrs Ethics

You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of New Mexico within 30 days after the conference.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.
MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Oklahoma – 17.00 hrs | 2.50 hrs Ethics

To claim Oklahoma MCLE credit, Oklahoma credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #169) live webcast presentations meet the requirements and are presumptively approved by the Oklahoma Bar Association for MCLE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Upon claiming credit, a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Oklahoma Bar Association within 30 days after the webcast.

Pennsylvania – 14.00 hrs | 2.00 hrs Ethics

To claim Pennsylvania MCLE credit, Pennsylvania credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

UT Law CLE is an approved provider of Pennsylvania credit, sponsor #236. Attorney attendance will be reported to Pennsylvania within 2 weeks after credit is claimed and submitted. Attorneys are not able to report this credit on their own, and UT Law CLE pays all associated fees for the credit hours. Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Other States – 14.00 hrs | 2.00 hrs Ethics

Note on Self-Reporting Your Credits in Another State

If you wish to satisfy MCLE or other professional education requirements in another state for a program offered by the University of Texas School of Law, please check with the state bar or other licensing authority in that state to ensure it will qualify for self-reporting your credits.

To claim Other States MCLE credit, Other States credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records and to provide to other licensing authorities as needed.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Other Credit

TX Accounting CPE – 17.00 hrs

The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live webcast presentations meet the requirements and are presumptively approved by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. In compliance with the rules, UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

To claim Texas Accounting CPE credit, the Texas Accounting CPE credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. Upon claiming credit, a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you. Self-report your CPE credit directly to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

TX Professional Engineer – 14.00 hrs

This course may qualify for self-reporting credits with PELS (TX Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors) - please use the link below to find information on how to track your credit with PELS. When you select this credit type in the webcast, you will receive a downloadable Certificate of Attendance with date and course information for your records.

https://pels.texas.gov/pecep.htm

TX Real Estate Commission (TREC) – 14.00 hrs

To request continuing education elective credit for real estate related courses approved by the State Bar of Texas for minimum continuing legal education participatory credit, a license holder is required to file an Individual Credit Request for State Bar Course.

https://www.trec.texas.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-forms/CE_CLE-1%2004.10.23.pdf
Use this link to obtain the TREC MCE form for self-reporting your TREC credit. To obtain your Certificate of Attendance you will need to claim credit in your UTCLE account and once claimed you will be able to download a Certificate of Attendance to include with your credit request form.

Key Dates

Proceeding as Live Webcast – Feb 1-2, 2022

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Stahl, Davies, Sewell, Chavarria & Friend, LLP

Since 2000, Stahl, Davies, Sewell, Chavarria & Friend, LLP has helped clients build more than 21 GWs of solar, wind, energy storage, and gas-fired energy plants. The firm has worked on the development, finance, acquisition and sale of energy projects in Texas, California, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and numerous other states. Its practice includes energy storage projects, commercial real estate transactions, State of Texas sales/franchise tax planning and disputes, and Texas Public Utility Commission work. The firm’s lawyers are experienced in preparing wind, solar, and energy storage leases and easements, and in working on purchase/sale/option agreements, property tax agreements, environmental matters, crossing agreements, BOP/EPC construction contracts, and mineral accommodation agreements. We analyze and resolve the myriad of legal, title, environmental, and survey issues arising in the development of energy and real estate projects. We work closely and collaboratively with project developers and financial parties to coordinate the real estate documents, governmental approvals/permits, surveys, title policies, and legal opinions necessary to close deals. sbaustinlaw.com
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Our nationally recognized attorneys, underwriters and project coordinators draw upon years of successful energy transactions to facilitate all types and sizes of projects across North America. Acting as a working partner on a project, they blend their knowledge of surface and mineral rights with a thorough understanding of title insurance and practical risk assessment to deliver the unique title insurance product required of energy projects.
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Clean Law PC

Headquartered in the windy city, Clean Law PC represents clean energy clients in their nationwide development efforts as well as a variety of commercial real estate matters. With our business-minded attitude, we understand and appreciate the need for effective legal risk analysis and allocation, while respecting the bottom line.
We've been representing clients for over 20 years and have been retained to assist on a wide range of clean energy projects, including utility scale wind, solar and battery storage. We pride ourselves on second-to-none client service and transparent communication throughout the project. cleanlawpc.com
Haynes Boone

Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm serving clients involved in some of the most innovative renewable and alternative energy projects in the world, as well as traditional power generation projects. Our clients benefit from our broad experience in regulatory, environmental, transactional and dispute-related legal work as well as our strategic planning advice with regard to both regulatory and commercial risks. Our lawyers work with start-ups, investors, joint venture partners, power generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, independent power producers and electric utilities. With more than 600 attorneys in 18 offices in Texas, New York, California, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Washington, D.C., London, Mexico City and Shanghai, Haynes Boone is ranked among the top law firms in the nation by Best Lawyers, Chambers USA and the Legal 500.

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Locke Lord LLP

Locke Lord has one of the leading national practices representing developers, investors and lenders in the development, sale, purchase, financing and operation of renewable energy projects of all types across North America. Our long history in the renewables industry dates back to the early 2000s when we founded the Renewable Energy Coalition and led the effort to deregulate Texas' energy markets, opening the door for the explosive growth of wind energy development in the State. Since then, our practice has expanded to cover the full spectrum of legal issues faced by wind, solar, storage and other types of renewable energy projects across the nation. Our deep experience in development and commercial issues and our national footprint enable us to provide efficient, comprehensive and cost-effective representation on the full life-cycle of our clients' projects, including commercial, acquisition and financing transactions and construction and commercial litigation.
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Bernstein Shur

Bernstein Shur is a Portland, Maine-based law firm advising energy clients across the U.S. and around the world. Our interdisciplinary energy team has a wealth of experience in utility-scale and distributed generation wind, solar, hydroelectric, natural gas, and biomass transactions, including established and emerging energy storage technologies. We routinely act as lead and local counsel on energy projects and transactions throughout New England and around the world at all stages of the project life cycle, ranging from $1 billion electric utility acquisitions to the development of 1-2 megawatt distributed generation projects. We are experienced in all aspects of project development, debt and equity financing, and due diligence, including title and site control, state and local permitting, regulatory, construction, property tax valuation, and environmental matters. But we’re not just energy attorneys; we’re also business partners for our clients, helping them get new products to market efficiently and cost-effectively and strategizing about the best ways to advance their long-term goals. bernsteinshur.com
Dykema

Dykema is a leading national law firm, serving business entities worldwide on a wide range of complex business issues. With approximately 375 professionals based in 12 offices located in California, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and Washington, D.C., Dykema consistently delivers top value to clients. Combining a deep understanding of the energy industry with extensive experience in renewable energy projects, clients call on us to counsel them through all aspects of renewable energy projects, from financing to finish. We mitigate risk, support growth, and help implement or increase sustainable and environmentally conscious benchmarks in their business. Our clients include public utilities, electric cooperatives, developers, property owners, contractors, suppliers, purchasers, lenders, investors and small business owners and entrepreneurs. Unparalleled client service is at the heart of our approach to the practice of law. That focus has been a cornerstone of our success for the past 90+ years and allows us to give timely, creative solutions to the challenges that face our clients. dykema.com
First American Title Insurance Company

First American Title Insurance Company

First American Title National Commercial Services is committed to getting your transaction across the finish line. Whether you're working on a local, single-site project or a multi-state portfolio transaction, we have the products, services and expertise you need to get your transaction closed. Backed by a national network of expert underwriters and commercial professionals, you can trust First American Title National Commercial Services of Houston to expertly close your transactions.

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Foley & Lardner LLP

Foley’s Energy Industry Team helps clients address regulatory and legal concerns to keep their traditional and renewable source projects on track. Whether you are a company whose core business is energy or you are handling projects that involve some facet of the energy industry, Foley's Energy attorneys are key strategic partners—from due diligence, negotiation, and regulatory approval to closing. We have a long history of successfully managing energy projects and financings, particularly involving renewable fuel sources such as onshore and offshore wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, biomass, ethanol, and biodiesel. Our services to the renewable energy market are comprehensive and include permitting, community relations, land rights, equipment procurement, construction, finance, power purchase arrangements, interconnection and project acquisitions, mergers, securities offerings, compliance issues, litigation, joint ventures, and divestitures. We are one of the most experienced law firms in structuring transactions to best utilize the federal production tax credit, the investment tax credit, and the grant in lieu of investment tax credit―the Section 1603 grant. foley.com
Husch Blackwell

Across the country and around the world, Husch Blackwell clients are blazing new trails in energy production and sustainability – and we’re right there with them. Our Energy & Natural Resources team includes former regulatory commissioners and legislators who have led key energy policies. Our attorneys have extensive experience guiding multinational energy companies through today’s complex business and regulatory issues. We are leaders in the renewable energy field and have performed development and transactional work on over 50,000-MW of solar, wind and battery storage projects in the past decade. Our team has a nationwide reputation for innovative ideas for developing, constructing, structuring and financing wind and solar energy projects and businesses throughout the country. We have experience in nearly all power generation technologies, and we have completed the purchase or sale of nearly 50 renewable and thermal power generation facilities.
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Madison Street Energy LLC

Madison Street Energy (‘MSE’) works with renewable energy project developers and landowners to provide financially efficient options with respect to how project land rights are obtained and maintained throughout a project’s life.

Specifically, with respect to project developers, MSE provides opportunities to save millions of dollars by offering them options to avoid the large upfront costs of acquiring land by structuring transactions ahead of time where MSE and the developer agree that MSE will purchase specific land sites targeted by developers so that MSE can immediately lease the target site back to the project owner for the however number of years it intends to actually use the property.

In addition, MSE dedicates a substantial amount of its business towards working with individual landowners that desire to sell the rights to their future energy lease income in exchange for a discounted lump sum cash payment. Despite the relative simplicity of these transactions, MSE continues to be sought after by landowners since there is no to readily accessible market for landowners to sell their lease receivables or pledge them as collateral for loans. That said, since MSE’s team is solely focused on this one niche area of renewable energy projects, it has attained unique level of insight on how best to assess and fairly value renewable energy receivables in a manner that often allows both the landowners and MSEs investors to feel very satisfied upon the closing of transactions.
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Nossaman LLP

Nossaman LLP is a national law firm working seamlessly across the United States with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, DC. For 80 years, Nossaman has delivered the highest quality legal expertise and policy advice to clients nationwide. The Firm focuses on distinct areas of law and policy, as well as in specific industries ranging from real estate development, transportation and energy, to water law, project finance and government relations. Our firm is nationally recognized for its Environmental Law practice. We represent public and private entities with respect to natural resource protection, development compliance and permitting and conservation issues before the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, federal and state environmental protection regulatory agencies, and federal and state courts. We assist clients with permitting, development, compliance and defense of complex and large-scale public and private projects.
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has a widely recognized renewable energy practice, with over 150 lawyers focusing on the energy industry globally. We’ve been working on renewables projects for almost 40 years, and today our team works across 26 offices on four continents, representing prominent industry participants in virtually every sector of the industry, including solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, hydro, landfill gas and storage. Our team members not only understand the legal aspects of renewable energy transactions, but we are intimately familiar with the key commercial issues that drive our clients’ businesses and success. For this reason, the most successful industry participants consistently select us for their most important transactions in renewable energy, including development, finance, and M&A.
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Erin Baker

Zachary Brady

Emily Carroll

Chrysta Castañeda

Christina Cazares

Erin Delawalla

Robert Denby

Claude E. Ducloux

Asha Gandhi

Beth Garza

Hon. Richard A. Glick

Jenn Goodwillie

Rob Gramlich

Robert Helton

Abigail Ross Hopper

Jason Houck

India James

Michael J. Jewell

Diana M. Liebmann

Daniel Lynch

Brooke M. Marcus

Keith Martin

Andy Nguyen

Brian Pullin

Joshua D. Rhodes

Rohit Sachdev

JC Sandberg

Lan Sasa

Sally Shaw

Michael Skelly

Caitlin Smith

Britta Von Oesen

Mark Wengierski

Gary Zausmer

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Scott D. Deatherage

Becky H. Diffen

Maria Faconti

Christine Fernandez Owen

Rodrigo J. Figueroa

Gregory S. Friend

Michael G. Grable

Peter L. Harsy

Marty Hopkins

Monty Humble

Michael J. Jewell

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