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William Holmes

William Holmes

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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, Order of the Coif)

1984

The University of Texas

B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa)

1981

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Energy & Natural Resources - Oregon

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Individual Editorial

William Holmes of K&L Gates LLP counsels clients with regard to power purchase agreements and M&A work and is adept at providing counsel for energy projects.

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