William Holmes
USA Guide 2023
Band 1 : Energy & Natural Resources
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About
Provided by William Holmes
Practice Areas
Bill Holmes focuses his practice in the area of energy and infrastructure projects and transactions with an emphasis on wind energy, solar energy, and energy storage. His experience extends to corporate transactions and real estate law. Bill also advises clients in negotiating major power purchase agreements, membership interest purchase agreements and asset purchase agreements for the acquisition or sale of renewable energy projects, performing project due diligence on wind, solar, and energy storage projects in connection with acquisitions, debt financing and tax equity financing, and utility-scale build-transfer agreements, EPC agreements, O&M agreements, and energy project development agreements. Bill has a particular focus on energy storage, and was previously on the Board of the Energy Storage Association, the leading trade association for the storage industry, which has since merged with ACP.
Professional Memberships
Board of Directors, Energy Storage Association
Board of Directors, Smart Grid Northwest
Member, Oregon State Bar Public Utility Law Section
Member, American Bar Association Energy and Natural Resources Section
Adjunct Professor, University of Oregon Law School, "Renewable Energy Law," Spring of 2008 – 2012
Publications
"Financing and Monetizing Energy Storage," Project Finance International, November 2017
“Corporate Energy Sourcing: A New Engine For Renewables,” Law360, 27 October 2015
Education
University of Michigan Law School
J.D. (magna cum laude)
1984
The University of Texas
B.A.
1981