Mark C Kalpin

Practice Areas

Energy | Environment | Natural Resources | Public Policy & Regulation | Climate Change | Environmental Litigation | Environmental Transactions | Maritime: Energy, LNG/LPG and Cables | Project Finance | Renewable Energy | Sustainable Development | Wind Energy | Federal and State Energy Regulation | Green and Sustainable Finance | Solar Energy | Clean Technology | Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) | Energy Storage

Career

Mark Kalpin, co-leader of the firm's Renewable Energy Team, is an energy, environmental and natural resource attorney in Holland & Knight's Boston and Washington, D.C., offices. He advises clients on the acquisition, financing, development and operation of energy, infrastructure and natural resource development projects throughout the United States.

Mr. Kalpin is well-versed in the development and operation of offshore and onshore wind projects, solar generation projects, electric generation facilities, electric transmission facilities, energy storage projects, hydrogen generation projects, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, natural gas pipelines and subsea telecommunication cables.

Mr. Kalpin has negotiated asset purchase agreements; equipment purchase agreements; engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreements; fuel supply agreements; and physical and virtual power purchase agreements for a wide variety of traditional and renewable energy generation projects. He also has assisted a number of renewable energy project proponents in obtaining and negotiating the terms of grants, loans and loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Mr. Kalpin provides counsel on all aspects of energy, environmental and natural resource law. He has successfully represented clients in federal and state environmental and energy enforcement actions, administrative appeals and permitting proceedings arising under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Federal Power Act, Natural Gas Act and Jones Act. He routinely represents companies before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and DOE, as well as state public utility commissions, state environmental agencies, and electric regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs).

In the 2014 U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" rankings, clients recognized Mr. Kalpin for his "thorough work … on very complex environmental matters."

Mr. Kalpin served as a senior project manager with FERC's Office of Pipeline and Producer Regulation from 1986 to 1993.

Professional Memberships

Energy Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2019-2022; Member, 2000-present

Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board, 2015-2019

The New England Council, Board of Directors, 2015-present; Energy and Environment Committee, Chairman, 2000-present

Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association, Director, 2014-2019; President, 2017/2018

Northeast Energy and Commerce Association (NECA), President Emeritus

American Bar Association, Energy Infrastructure, Siting, and Reliability Committee, Former Chairman

Expert in these Jurisdictions

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Education

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