Helping clients secure and provide the most reliable and economical energy when and where it's needed most.
Since 2016, Husch Blackwell’s Energy Storage team has worked on more than 60 distinct energy storage projects totaling more than 4,000 MW of power. We advise a diverse array of clients on realizing value from energy storage projects, including project developers, independent power producers, electric utilities, energy service companies, construction and O&M contractors, investors, financial institutions, and insurers. Our team is experienced at addressing legal challenges at all project phases from early stage site selection, acquisition, and permitting through offtake negotiations, financing, equipment procurement, construction, and operations. We have provided advice regarding project finance, equity purchases and dispositions, tax, state and federal regulatory, power purchase and energy storage services agreements, construction and design, and O&M issues. We have also assisted clients in evaluating the use of storage as a non-wires alternative to transmission and as an asset to be used in behind-the-meter arrangements.
Our practice is nationwide with representative projects that span the entire range of storage technologies. Our clients provide a variety of storage offerings with wide-ranging purposes, such as peak shaving, energy arbitrage, demand shifting, electric vehicle charging, frequency regulation, reliability, and ancillary services. Our team has been actively involved in the renewable energy arena from its nascent stages, and our combined experience affords us the insights to provide practical, real-world advice that helps clients realize value at all points of the investment and operational life cycle.