Profile

Eddie Poe has successfully advocated for electric service providers for more than 38 years. He handles siting, permitting, development and litigation for the infrastructure facilities of regulated and unregulated electricity suppliers.

Mr. Poe is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Additionally, Mr. Poe is a 1994 graduate of Harvard University’s Advanced Management Program.

Representative Matters

• Recently completed site acquisition permitting and development of a 720 MW natural gas-fired plant that began commercial operation in late 2012
• In 2012, completed acquisition of all property rights for a 100 KV transmission line and substation located in a populous, high income area
• Currently completing siting, permitting and financing work on a number of swine waste to electricity projects in North Carolina

Experience Highlights

• All types of electric generating project development
• Certification by regulatory agencies, permitting and power purchase agreements (PPAs)
• Real estate matters including zoning and land acquisition, special use permits, and county/municipal laws
• Condemnation matters
• Renewable energy projects

News

• 74 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2013
  August 23, 2012
• 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
  September 6, 2011
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  August 18, 2010
• Eddie Poe is North Carolina Land Trust Volunteer of the Year
  May 27, 2010
• 55 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers®
  July 30, 2009
• Parker Poe Increases Number of Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America
  October 1, 2008
• More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
  September 24, 2008
• 40 Parker Poe Attorneys Named Among 2008 Best Lawyers in America
  September 14, 2007
• Parker Poe Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America
  September 12, 2006
• Parker Poe Attorneys Among The Best Lawyers in America
  September 13, 2005
• Parker Poe Attorneys Honored as The Best Lawyers in America and the "Legal Elite" in North Carolina
  February 28, 2005

Memberships

• Queens University
  School of Education, Board of Advisors, 2009-present
• Catawba Lands Conservancy
  Executive Committee; Board of Directors, 2008
• North Carolina Bar Association
  Board of Governors, 1996-1998
• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
  Member
• American Bar Association
  1974-present