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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, Us

Lead origination and portfolio optimization efforts for investor-owned utility. Lead negotiation of power purchase agreements for utility-scale solar, wind and energy storage projects. Lead internal team responsible for designing solicitations, performing bid evaluation, bid validation, economic modeling, and shortlist development. Collaborate with credit, risk, accounting and insurance teams; lead interactions with internal board related to capacity and energy acquisitions and obtain board approvals for negotiated agreements. Work closely and maintain relationships with regulators and commission staff; draft applications for regulatory approval of negotiated agreements.

Lead market and project development efforts for utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, including in-depth research and analysis of new and existing market opportunities. Lead negotiation of power purchase and other pro-forma agreements for utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. Perform diligence on M&A opportunities. Manage relationships with off-takers and other key stakeholders. Manage interconnection portfolio for all development assets across the U.S., with particular focus on WECC and CAISO projects. Provide substantive support to engineering and asset management teams on interconnection studies, interconnection agreements, project construction and contract administration. Manage external consultants. Provide strategic guidance and direction to cross-functional teams and senior leadership.

Lead in-depth regulatory and market analysis for greenfield renewable and energy storage project development. Conduct diligence on early and mid-stage project acquisitions. Negotiate power purchase agreements and other pro formas for utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. Support engineering and asset management teams on interconnection studies, interconnection agreements, and contract administration. Research federal and state energy policy issues, and directly advocate for market, regulatory or legislative reforms, including drafting policy positions, participating in stakeholder meetings, and coordinating trade associations.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Participate in regulatory proceedings and market initiatives in states and wholesale markets where Sempra Renewables is currently operating or actively developing renewable energy projects. Perform in-depth research on specific market issues, and directly advocate for market, regulatory or legislative reforms, including drafting comments, participating in stakeholder meetings, and coordinating with trade associations. Direct new efforts to develop short, medium and long-term strategies for energy storage project development, with a focus on land acquisition, technology evaluation, permitting, interconnection, contracting and market integration issues specific to energy storage.

San Diego, California, Us

Engineer and implement comprehensive strategy for energy storage resource acquisitions. Assess market opportunities for energy storage interconnecting at transmission, distribution and behind the customer meter. Draft and negotiate contracts for over $225M in storage acquisitions. Co-manage construction, contract administration, and initial commercial operation of North America’s largest lithium ion battery storage facility (30MW/120MWh); lead the resource’s interconnection and integration with the CAISO markets. Design and lead energy storage RFOs, draft solicitation materials, perform bid evaluation, bid selection, contract negotiations. Develop and advocate policy in regulatory proceedings related to energy storage and distributed energy resources. Develop policy positions on pending legislation related to energy storage and distributed energy resources.

San Diego, California, Us

Develop and advocate federal and state regulatory policy for investor-owned utility. Proactively identify, analyze and address regulatory issues, with a focus on wholesale energy market design and energy/capacity procurement. Draft pleadings, testimony, comments and interventions for filing at FERC, CAISO and CPUC. Cultivate and maintain internal and external relationships to help foster consensus on key regulatory positions. Lead special projects for senior management related to energy storage, electric vehicles and wholesale capacity markets.

Advise board members, officers and management on legal issues facing a 450 employee, multi-purpose utility. Negotiate and draft leases, easements, vendor contracts, and power purchase agreements. Guide new electric rates through local regulatory process.

Research and draft trial and appellate decisions covering substantive and procedural issues at various stages of civil and criminal proceedings. Draft opinions for sitting Ninth Circuit judges during scheduled appellate sessions. Build consensus among justices to craft majority outcomes in cases.

Propound and answer discovery for busy civil litigation firm. Draft pleadings, dispositive motions, mediation and appellate briefs. Take and defend depositions. Second-chair two jury trials to verdict.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Cum Laude, History

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Cum Laude