Ashley Wald

Client Results

• Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA), in the successful negotiation of DMEA’s withdrawal agreement with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., and launching a new 12.5-year power supply agreement with Guzman Energy, LLC.

• MGM Resorts International ("MGM") in the negotiation of a power purchase agreement under which MGM Resorts will purchase all of the energy and associated attributes from an approximately 100MW (AC) photovoltaic solar facility to be located in Clark County, Nevada under development by an affiliate of Invenergy, LLC.  This is the first utility scale power purchase agreement entered into by MGM Resorts and will serve up to 30% of its current load in southern Nevada.

• RES Distributed in the negotiation of a power purchase agreement with Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC for the sale of power and New Jersey S-RECs generated by an up to 8 MW solar facility, as well as the sale of the project to a subsidiary of NextEra Resources, LLC, which will serve as the long-term owner and operator. This was the first behind-the-meter corporate PPA for the RES Distributed, a subsidiary of RES Americas, and the first behind-the-meter solar project in the United States for Solvay.

• REC Solar in the negotiation of engineering, procurement, and construction contracts for a 20 MW solar project to be owned by HECO on U.S. Navy land, and a separate utility scale solar project under construction in Hawaii.

• A developer of multiple wind projects in Wyoming in the negotiation of a power purchase agreement and development of a shared facilities agreement.

• Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) in the negotiation of three long-term power purchase agreements for solar power with one developer, including an option to purchase each project (a total of approximately 400 MW), under construction in Kern County, California.

• RES Distributed in the development and construction of multiple photovoltaic solar projects in Colorado and Texas.

• Delta-Montrose Electric Association in the negotiation of a Qualifying Facility PPA for a hydroelectric power generating facility to be constructed in Montrose County, Colorado, along with an option to purchase the same.

• Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative in the negotiation of a power purchase agreement (using financial scheduling in the MISO) from the Apex Wind Farm, and a second power purchase agreement for wind power from the Meadow Lake Wind Farm.

• A city in New Mexico in the negotiation of an all requirements power sales agreement and option to buy a solar project.

• The developer of one of the first utility-scale wind projects in Alaska, including negotiation of construction contracts for the wind project and undersea transmission facilities.

• Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) in connection with the purchase of power and services for the development of two renewable energy/storage projects (known as the "Eland" projects) under development by 8minutenergy Renewables, LLC ("8me") in Kern County, California, each combining 200 MWac of solar photovoltaic energy generation with 100 MWac / 400 MWh battery storage systems.

• Turquoise Liberty Sellco LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, in the initial funding of a build-own transfer of a 10 MW AC solar photovoltaic power production facility located in Washoe County, Nevada to Liberty Utilities (CalPeco Electric) LLC.

• REC Solar Commercial Corporation in the negotiation of a power purchase agreement with the Pleasanton Unified School District for an integrated 1.0 MW solar and 660 kWh storage facility. The project is expected to save the Pleasanton Unified School District more than $2.2 million over the 25-year lifetime of the power purchase agreement.

• Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative (HEREC) in the negotiation of a 20-year power purchase agreement with Riverstart Solar Park LLC, a subsidiary of EDP Renewables, for HEREC's purchase of 100% of the energy from the Riverstart Solar Park, a 200 MW solar facility located in Randolph County, Indiana.

• A casino in the negotiation of a power purchase agreement and lease agreement for the installation of a 1,382.4 kW rooftop solar installation in Massachusetts.

• A community choice aggregator in California in the negotiation of a power purchase agreement for up to 233 MW of output from a solar project.

• SCPPA, on behalf of its member LADWP, as buyer under a Power Purchase Agreement in connection with a 331 MW wind project known as the Red Cloud Wind project under construction in New Mexico. The Red Cloud Wind Farm will be the largest, highest capacity, and lowest cost wind farm in LADWP’s renewable energy portfolio.

• Roaring Fork Wind, LLC (Roaring Fork), a joint venture between subsidiaries of Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. and Vestas Wind Systems A/S, in the sale of the Maverick Creek Wind Project (Maverick Project), an approximately 480 MW (AC) wind electric generating facility under development in Concho County, Texas.

• Roaring Fork Wind, LLC (Roaring Fork), a joint venture between subsidiaries of Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. and Vestas Wind Systems A/S, in the sale of the Bitter Root Wind Project, an approximately 150 MW wind electric generating facility under development in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota and Deuel County, South Dakota.

• SCPPA in the acquisition of a hydroelectric facility and related transmission facilities.

• SCPPA, on behalf of its member, the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, in the negotiation of the acquisition of transmission line assets and associated transmission capacity from the Mead-Adelanto and Mead-Phoenix transmission projects.

• NorthLight Power LLC in the sale of several early stage solar projects located near San Diego, California, to another solar developer expanding its portfolio.

• SCPPA in connection with its acquisition of a nominally-rated 531 MW natural gas plant located in Clark County, Nevada.

• A solar developer in connection with the acquisition, development, and bond-financing of a series of roof-mounted distributed solar photovoltaic facilities in Colorado.

• Summit Turquoise LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, in the sale of a 50 MW AC solar photovoltaic energy generation facility located in Washoe County, Nevada to Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation. The facility will be constructed to serve a 25-year PPA with NV Energy, and its output will be dedicated to Apple under Nevada’s GreenEnergy Rider program.

• RES Distributed, LLC, in the sale of the West Deptford Distributed Solar Project, an approximately 6.5 MW (AC) solar electric generating facility under development in West Deptford Township, New Jersey.

• Multiple insurance companies in their purchase of nearly $150 million in Senior Secured Notes in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of operating wind project assets located in the United States and Canada.