Jason Lewis

Renewable Electric Power, Renewable Energy Certificates and Carbon Credits

• An energy company regarding the power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 67.5 MW solar generation facility to be constructed on land reclaimed from coal mining in the Southeast United States
• A solar developer regarding the amendment and restatement of a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with a Fortune 500 corporation
• A renewable developer regarding the amendment and restatement of the offtake agreement for a 250 MW solar generation facility in New York State
• A global financial institution in its sale of a structured portfolio of contracts related to a 300 MW wind-powered electric generation facility in the Pacific Northwest and a total return swap for the period prior to assignment of the portfolio
• Frequently assist lenders to solar, wind and geothermal developers with respect to diligence of project documents including power purchase agreements, hedges, and interconnection agreements; relevant projects have been located in the CAISO, ERCOT, SPP, PJM, MISO, ISO-New England, and NYISO markets, and the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Southwest regions
• An international infrastructure fund in the acquisition of a 110 MW solar portfolio in North America

• A developer with respect to its sale of renewable energy certificates from a wind farm in the Western United States
• A global financial institution with respect to a physically settled wind hedge for a project in the Texas Panhandle
• Over a period of seven years, a global financial institution with respect to annual purchases of renewable energy certificates and verified emissions reductions to offset emissions from electricity usage and executive air travel
• A global financial institution with respect to purchases of renewable energy certificates to meet compliance obligations as a provider of last resort in several states
• A developer with respect to a Georgia utility’s procurement process for solar power and negotiation of the related power purchase agreement

Conventional Electric Power

• Developer with respect to the project financing for a 288 MW gas-fired peaking facility in Harris County, Texas and subsequent refinancing; negotiated and documented heat-rate call option, fuel supply, gas interconnection, and energy management agreement
• Developer with respect to the project financing for a 336 MW gas-fired peaking facility in Galveston County, Texas and subsequent refinancing; negotiated and documented heat-rate call option, fuel supply, gas interconnection and transportation, and energy management agreement
• Developer with respect to 96 MW merchant gas-fired peaking facility in Harris County, Texas; negotiated and documented fuel supply, gas interconnection, and energy management agreement
• Developer with respect to a 144 MW gas-fired peaking facility in Galveston County, Texas; negotiated and documented fuel purchase, gas interconnection, and energy management agreement
• Developer with respect to the project financing of a 288 MW gas-fired peaking facility in Fort Bend County, Texas; negotiated and documented heat-rate call option, fuel supply, gas interconnection, and energy management agreement
• Developer with respect to the project financing of a 288 MW gas-fired peaking facility in Brazoria County, Texas; negotiated and documented hedge agreements, fuel supply, gas interconnection, and energy management agreement
• Developer with respect to the project financing of a 288 MW gas-fired peaking facility in Brazoria County, Texas; negotiated and documented heat-rate call option, fuel supply, gas interconnection, and energy management agreement
• Developer with respect to the project financing of a 288 MW gas-fired peaking facility in Harris County, Texas and certain additional merchant generation facilities; negotiated and documented heat-rate call option, fuel supply, gas interconnection and energy management agreement for hedged units, fuel supply and transportation, and energy management agreements for merchant units
• An international infrastructure fund in its acquisition of Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Partners LP, which owns and operates a 286 MW gas-fired plant that supplies electricity and steam to New York City

• A coal-fired generation facility in Pennsylvania with respect to hedge transactions secured by project liens
• A coal-fired generation facility in Pennsylvania with respect to a letter of credit facility provided by a rail transporter to support hedging transactions by the project
• A coal-fired generation facility in Pennsylvania with respect to barge, terminalling, and rail transportation services for coal
• A developer with respect to sales of capacity for a gas-fired power project in PJM
• The commodities desk of a global financial institution with respect to tolling agreements for over 1,000 MW of natural gas-fired generation in Southern California
• The commodities desk of a global financial institution with respect to energy management agreements and related implementation agreements for natural gas-fired generation facilities in California, Western, Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, New York, and New England regions
• A global agribusiness company with respect to the sale of its North American power and gas trading book and a related total return swap for the period prior to assignment of the book
• The co-owner of a Pacific Northwest natural gas-fired electric generation facility in a dispute with its co-owner regarding liability for certain natural gas transportation costs
• The co-owner of a Pacific Northwest natural gas-fired electric generation facility with respect to its energy management agreement
• A global financial institution with respect to utility procurement processes for provider of last resort services in more than eight states
• Energy trading, power generation and electric transmission business units of utility holding company in proceedings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
• A major investment bank with respect to the startup of its energy trading business
• An investor-owned utility with respect to its auction of over 1,100 MW of coal-fired electric power generation

Mining, Metals and other commodities

• A Latin American mining company regarding an agreement for the sale of solar salts to an Asian contractor for a 700 MW solar thermal project in the Middle East
• A Latin American mining company regarding a long-term forward sale of iodine to a manufacturer of pharmaceutical diagnostics

• A Latin American mining company regarding a long-term forward sale of lithium to a major automobile manufacturer
• A manufacturer of particle board in negotiation of a supply agreement with a key customer

Petroleum, Refined Products, Natural Gas and Liquified Natural Gas

• Seconded to major Gulf Coast oil refiner to assist with formation of a trading organization for refined products and crude oil
• Major Gulf Coast oil refiner with respect to the revision of its general terms and conditions for refined products transactions
• Major Gulf Coast oil refiner with respect to agreements for the purchase and sale of refined products and crude oil (including Renewable Identification Numbers) and agreements related to terminalling services
• A Japanese trading house with respect to purchases of natural gas for liquefaction at a Gulf Coast LNG terminal
• A Japanese conglomerate regarding its tolling agreement with a Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas terminal
• An Appalachian natural gas producer with respect to a series of asset management agreements on two interstate pipelines
• A global agribusiness company with respect to the sale of its global oil trading book
• A producer of sustainable aviation fuel with respect to a long-term agreement for the purchase of its feedstock requirements

Derivatives

• Swap providers in financing for Puerto Rico toll road monetization with respect to interest rate hedges for $1.4 billion term loan
• Interest rate swap providers in portfolio financing for distributed energy projects
• Developer of 288 MW natural-gas fired project in Harris County, Texas with respect to interest rate swap in connection with project financing
• Developer of 336 MW natural-gas fired project in Galveston County, Texas with respect to interest rate swap in connection with project financing
• Developer of 288 MW natural-gas fired project in Fort Bend County, Texas with respect to interest rate swap in connection with project financing
• Developer of 288 MW natural-gas fired project in Brazoria County, Texas with respect to interest rate swap in connection with project financing
• Developer of 288 MW natural-gas fired project in Brazoria County, Texas with respect to interest rate swap in connection with project financing
• Developer of 288 MW natural-gas fired project in Harris County, Texas with respect to interest rate swap in connection with project financing
• Represented the concession company operating, maintaining, and collecting tolls on the North Tarrant Express Segments 3A, 3B, and 3C Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, regarding an interest rate swap in connection with a US$221M senior financing transaction
• Interest rate swap providers in connection with US$642,560,812 revolving credit facility, the proceeds of which will be used to pay a portion of the costs incurred to design, construct, finance, operate and maintain the Diversion Channel and Associated Infrastructure Work Package of the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project
• Interest rate swap providers in connection with the US$225M financing of the acquisition by Applegreen USA Welcome Centres, LLC of HMS Host Tollroads, Inc., which operates and maintains over 60 on-highway service plazas, located across 13 highways within eight states in the U.S. Northeast and Midwest region
• Interest rate swap providers in connection with a term loan used by John Laing Investments and Cubic Transportation Systems to finance the design, implementation, integration, testing, operations, maintenance, and management of a next-generation fare payment system, including account-based ticketing using mobile and contactless bankcard options, to serve the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's multi-modal regional transit system
• Infrastructure fund with respect to interest rate swap in connection with a project to design, construct, finance, operate, manage and maintain approximately 600 beds of undergraduate apartment-style housing and related infrastructure, including a dining facility, a wellness space and approximately 200 beds of graduate student apartment-style housing and related infrastructure
• Infrastructure fund with respect to a deal-contingent bond hedge in connection with the financing of the acquisition of an entity that owns and operates electric transmission facilities in Texas
• A global financial institution in the mandatory annual review of its compliance policies and controls with respect to certain derivative and financial products
• An Australian exploration and production company with respect to its sale of natural gas and hedging transactions for natural gas and crude oil production

• Variable prepaid forward transaction for exploration and production company with respect to public company stock received from the sale of oil producing properties
• Variable prepaid forward transaction (and subsequent amendments) for inside investor in public company with respect to shares in the public company; advise investor regarding compliance with the SEC’s short-swing profit rules
• Variable prepaid forward transaction (and subsequent amendments) for high net worth individual with respect to public company stock
• Variable prepaid forward transaction (and subsequent amendments) for high net worth individual with respect to public company stock
• Public company with respect to covered call transaction related to issuance of US$200M convertible notes
• A global financial institution with respect to regulation of sustainability-linked derivatives

• A global financial institution regarding regulatory issues arising from the Dodd-Frank Act