CHRIS STILL is a Partner in the firm’s energy practice area.  His practice involves the representation of energy and public utility companies in a broad array of transaction and regulatory matters.  His areas of practice include:

 

• Mergers and acquisitions involving electric generating facilities 
• Negotiation and development of electricity purchase and sale contracts for independent power producers and utilities, including tolling agreements, contracts for full requirements electric service and retail service contracts
• Renewable energy projects, including development activities and the purchase and sale of capacity, energy and environmental attributes from such projects
• Proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, including rate filings under Sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act, complaint proceedings, rulemaking proceedings and other policy initiatives, cost-based and market-based rate issues, and Open Access Transmission Tariff issues  
• Generator access and interconnection agreements, including related proceedings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Nuclear energy transactions, including joint development agreements and power purchase contracts

Representative Experience

• Mr. Still has been lead counsel on the following recent matters:

   

  Acquisition and Sale of Electric Generation Assets 

  • Acquisition by Southern Power Company of Nacogdoches Power, LLC, the owner and developer of an approximately 100 MW biomass facility in Nacogdoches County, Texas 
  • Acquisition by Southern Power Company of West Georgia Generating Company, LLC, the owner of an approximately 600 MW gas-fired generating facility in Thomaston, Georgia 
  • Sale by Southern Power Company of DeSoto County Generating Company, LLC, the owner of an approximately 320 MW gas-fired generating facility in Arcadia, Florida 
  • Counsel to Southern Power Company in the negotiation and execution of an agreement  to purchase Hartwell Energy Limited Partnership, the owner of an approximately 300 MW gas-fired generating facility in Hartwell County, Georgia 
  • Counsel to utility and non-utility firms in due diligence activities for potential acquisitions 

  Long Term Wholesale Power Contracts 

  • Tolling agreement for the sale of 180 MW from a new gas-fired generating plant to a North Carolina utility 
  • Tolling agreement for the sale of 165 MW from a gas-fired generating plant to a South Carolina utility  
  • Tolling agreement for the sale of 635 MW from a new combined cycle plant in Alabama to a power marketer 
  • Tolling agreement for sale of 80 MW from a new combined cycle facility to a New York utility  
  • Contracts for the sale of 1140 MW from multiple combined cycle facilities to two Florida utilities 
  • Tolling agreement for the sale of 292 MW from a gas-fired generating facility to a Southeastern utility 
  • Tolling agreement for the sale of electric capacity from a combined cycle plant to a  California utility 
  • Tolling agreement for the purchase of 628 MW from a gas-fired plant in Alabama 
  • Tolling agreement for the purchase of 150 MW of electric capacity from a combined cycle plant in Nevada 
  • Contract for the sale of 240 MW from a coal-fired plant to two major Florida utilities 
  • Contract for the sale of 150 MW from coal and gas-fired plants to a Southeastern electric cooperative 
  • Contract for electricity requirements service to a Southeastern municipal coalition 
  • Contract for electricity requirements service to a Florida utility 
  • Contract for full electricity requirements service to a Florida municipality

  Renewable Energy Projects

  • Contracts for the purchase and sale of environmental attributes from renewable energy resources, including representation of both sellers and purchasers 
  • Counsel to a Southeastern utility in the negotiation and development of a contract to purchase electrical output from a new biomass generating facility 
  • Counsel to Southern Power Company in the acquisition of Nacogdoches Power, LLC and the development of an approximately 100 MW biomass facility in Nacogdoches County, Texas 
  • Counsel to a major Southeastern utility in the preparation and administration of a Request for Proposals for various renewable energy products, including the purchase and sale of capacity, energy and environmental attributes
   Nuclear Energy Transactions
  • Counsel to a Southeastern utility in the negotiation of an agreement for the joint development and operation of a nuclear plant in North Carolina
  • Negotiation and development of a contract for the purchase of electric power from a North Carolina nuclear plant 

  Generator Interconnection Agreements

  • Counsel to both generators and transmission providers in the negotiation of generator interconnection agreements 
  • Counsel in FERC and appellate proceedings involving generator interconnection agreements and the allocation of costs under such agreements.

  Other Matters 

  • Contracts for retail electricity service and the purchase and sale of various electricity products in ERCOT 
  • Counsel to generators, utilities, and power marketers in the negotiation of various wholesale power transactions under the EEI Master Agreement
  • Counsel to utilities and independent power producers in order to assist such entities in recovering costs under power contracts that are incurred as a result of new environmental laws

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2009-Present

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