We have substantial experience in a wide range of energy and utility matters. Two of our lawyers gained valuable experience during a combined 27 years as in-house counsel at a major energy services and utility company. We represent public utilities, energy services companies, financial institutions, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company and independent power producers.

Experience Highlights

Litigation

• Represented a large investor-owned public utility that serves the Piedmont area of North Carolina and South Carolina for more than 25 years as well as other investor-owned public utilities and electric membership corporations in litigation in state and federal courts in North Carolina and South Carolina involving:
  
  • Wrongful death, personal injury and property damage claims resulting from contact with electrical wires and poles
  • Products liability, including property damage, personal injury and breach of warranty
  • Toxic torts, including asbestos exposure
  • Stray voltage
  • Commercial litigation and contract disputes
  • Insurance coverage disputes, including coverage for mass torts and environmental claims
  • Antitrust
  • Construction and lien claims
  • Right-of-way issues
  • Condemnation
  • Bankruptcy, insolvency and commercial contract matters
• Represented an EPC contractor in construction disputes regarding merchant power plants.

Contracts

• EPC contracts for combined cycle and simple cycle merchant power plants as well as major equipment purchase contracts for those plants, including contracts to purchase gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators and SCR catalysts
• Operation and maintenance (O&M) agreements for power plants
• Information technology agreements and related advice to a major public utility and energy services company
• Telecommunications contracts

Finance

• Serve regularly as lender's counsel for lenders acting as administrative agents and participants in connection with financings for electric, gas and water utility companies for working capital, acquisition, letter of credit, lease and off-balance sheet financings

Merchant Power Plant Development

• Real estate matters, including options to purchase, zoning and land acquisition
• Tax issues, including incentive programs, tax abatement and tax planning
• Water and air permits
• EPC, O&M and major equipment purchase contracts
• Joint venture structuring

Government and Regulatory

• Advice and lobbying regarding executive and legislative branches of North Carolina and South Carolina state government
• Representation before the North Carolina Utilities Commission and South Carolina Public Service Commission
• Advice regarding the development of merchant power plants in North Carolina

News

• Henry Campen Named to Raleigh Chamber Board of Directors
  October 11, 2011
• Wind Energy Project Moving Closer to Reality Counties Grant Permits for State’s First Wind Energy Project
  July 18, 2011
• Counties Approve Economic Development Incentive Grants for NC Wind Energy Project
  April 27, 2011
• Iberdrola Renewables Announces Permit Application for North Carolina Wind Power Project
  January 28, 2011
• New Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security: An Emerging Legal Standard
  Energy Law Alert
  September 28, 2010
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  August 18, 2010
• Henry Campen to Serve on Renewable Energy Policy Committee
  Parker Poe Partner to Add Insight on Wind Energy
  July 29, 2010
• 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
• D&O Coverage in the Post-Enron World
  February 20, 2003