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Power Purchase Agreement for New 760 MW Natural Gas-Fired Marsh Landing Generating Station Mirant Corporation Winston & Strawn represented Mirant Marsh Landing, LLC, a subsidiary of Mirant Corporation, in the negotiation and execution of a long-term power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company for the output of a new 760 megawatt (719 megawatts at peak July conditions) natural gas-fired power plant known as the Marsh Landing Generating Station.

Sale of 50 Percent of Coram California Development LP Coram California Development LP Winston & Strawn represented Coram California Development LP, a project company for the development of a 102 MW wind power project near Tehachapi, Calif., in selling 50 percent of the limited partnership to a subsidiary of Brookfield Assets Management, Inc.

Nextlight-PG&E AVSR-1 PPA Assisted a renewable power producer in connection with a power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a 230 MW photovoltaic facility in Southern California.

Energy Industry Litigation and Investigations Winston & Strawn is a premier national litigation firm with extensive experience in litigation involving the energy industry. This includes administrative matters before the NRC and FERC, as well as commercial matters, international arbitrations, and, even more specifically, energy infrastructure construction litigation.

Abengoa Solar - APS PPA Abengoa Solar Inc. Winston & Strawn represented Abengoa Solar in connection with a power purchase agreement with Arizona Public Service Company for a 250 MW power solar thermal power plant in Arizona.

Construction Litigation Our attorneys have litigated complex construction cases in every conceivable forum, including state and federal courts, industry arbitration panels, international arbitrations, federal and state boards of contract appeals, as well as numerous ADR procedures and mediations.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline v. USGen New England, Inc. National Energy & Gas Transmission Winston & Strawn secured a favorable litigation outcome for client USGen New England, Inc. in a $41 million claim filed by Tennessee Gas Pipeline arising from USGen’s rejection in bankruptcy of a long-term gas transportation contract.

Energy Regulatory - FERC Matters For over 30 years, Winston & Strawn attorneys have represented clients’ interests in a wide variety of ratemaking, licensing, rulemaking, regulatory compliance, litigation, and other proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Solel Power Purchase Agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company Solel Inc. Winston & Strawn represented Solel-MSP-1, LLC in connection with a power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a 550 MW solar thermal power plant in California.

Ormat Nevada Purchase Agreement with Southern California Edison Ormat Nevada Inc. Winston & Strawn represented Ormat Nevada Inc. in connection with a 50-100 WM geothermal power purchase agreement with Southern California Edison Company.

Cleantech America Power Purchase Agreement with PG&E Cleantech America LLC Winston & Strawn represented Cleantech America LLC in connection with a 5 MW PV solar power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

DPL Inc. $102 Million Sale of Darby Electric Generating Station Dayton Power & Light Company Winston & Strawn represented DPL Energy, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dayton Power & Light Company Inc., in its sale to American Electric Power via auction of the 480MW Darby Electric Generating Station for $102 million.

DPL Inc. $49.2 Million Sale of Greenville Peaking Facility Dayton Power & Light Company Winston & Strawn represented DPL Energy, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dayton Power & Light Company Inc., in its sale to Buckeye Power, Inc. via auction of the 206MW Greenville Electric Generating Station for $49.2 million.

Section 45 Tax Credit Experience Winston & Strawn attorneys have combined their skills in the areas of project finance and partnership taxation to assist clients in connection with Section 45 financings, as well as numerous other facility deals similar in type and structure to those qualifying for Section 45 credits.

Alta Windpower Development and Oak Creek Energy Systems Energy Supply Contract Oak Creek Energy Systems Inc. Winston & Strawn represented Oak Creek Energy Systems and Alta Windpower Development, LLC in connection with the largest wind energy supply contract ever signed by a U.S. utility.

$190 Million Cross-border Financing for Focus Corporation BMO Capital Markets Corp. Winston & Strawn represented BMO Capital Markets, as lead arranger, and Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent, in connection with a new $190 million syndicated cross-border bank financing for Focus Corporation to fund its acquisitions of DPH Engineering Inc. and Sunbow Consulting Ltd.

Invenergy Financing for Camp Springs Wind Energy Project Invenergy, LLC Winston & Strawn represented Invenergy, LLC in the equity financing of a wind power generation facility in Texas.

$863 Million Sale of Michigan Electric Transmission Company Winston & Strawn represented Evercore Capital, Sansome Partners, Macquarie Essential Assets Partnership, GFI Energy, and Trans-Elect, Inc. in the indirect sale of Michigan Electric Transmission Company to ITC Holdings, Inc. for $863 million.

Commonwealth Edison $300 Million First Mortgage Bond Offering Exelon Corporation Winston & Strawn represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as underwriters, in a $300 million offering of first mortgage bonds issued by Commonwealth Edison Company.

2007 Turbine Supply Financing Winston & Strawn represented a wind power developer in connection with the negotiation and closing of a turbine supply loan facility for its wind projects scheduled for construction in 2007.

Derivatives Matters Winston & Strawn regularly assists clients with structuring, negotiating, and documenting a broad array of over-the-counter derivative products and litigating the controversies that can arise in connection with derivative transactions.

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District $296 million Salt River Project Electric System Revenue Bond Issuance Bear Stearns Winston & Strawn represented Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., as underwriter's counsel in connection with the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District's issuance of $296 million Salt River Project Electric System Revenue Bonds, 2006 Series A.

Energy Transfer Partners Acquisition of Titan Energy Partners Energy Transfer Partners LP Winston & Strawn represented Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. in its acquisition of Titan Energy Partners LP. Energy Transfer Partners is engaged in the natural gas midstream and transportation business and is one of the three largest retail marketers of propane in the U.S. Titan Energy Partners is one of the nation's largest retail propane marketers.

Commonwealth Edison $325 Million Mortgage Bond Offering Lehman Brothers Winston & Strawn represented Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan, and Morgan Stanley in Commonwealth Edison Company's $325 million offering of first mortgage bonds.

Commonwealth Edison $1 Billion Senior Credit Facility JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Winston & Strawn represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with a $1 billion revolving credit facility for Commonwealth Edison Company. The facility was secured by a first mortgage bond issued by ComEd to JPMorgan.

Airtricity Acquisition of Renewable Generation Airtricity, Inc. Winston & Strawn represented Airtricity, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Airtricity Holdings Limited of Ireland, in its acquisition of Renewable Generation, Inc., a wind power project developer.

Power Authority of the State of New York $172.515 Million Series 2006 A Revenue Bonds Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated We acted as underwriter's counsel to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in connection with the Power Authority of the State of New York's issuance of $172.515 million Series 2006 A Revenue Bonds.

Northland Fuel $91.5 Million Sale of Petroleum Business to Crowley Marine Northland Fuel LLC Winston & Strawn represented Northland Fuel LLC in the $91.5 million sale of its refined petroleum products distribution business to Crowley Marine Services, Inc.

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District $327.09 Million Salt River Project Electric System Revenue Bond Issuance Bear Stearns Winston & Strawn served as underwriter’s counsel to Bear Stearns in the issuance of $327.09 million Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, Arizona, Salt River Project Electric System Revenue Bonds, 2005 Series A.

Energy Transfer Partners $400 Million Rule 144A Offering Energy Transfer Partners LP Winston & Strawn represented Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. in connection with its issuance of $400 million senior notes in a Rule 144A and Reg S offering. In addition, we represented ETP in connection with its exchange offer for all of its outstanding senior notes that were issued in connection the January 2005 $1.45 billion refinancing transaction.

Exelon $1.7 Billion Senior Debt Public Offering Exelon Corporation Winston & Strawn represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the underwriters, in connection with Exelon Corporation's $1.7 billion public offering of senior notes.

Northland Fuel $55 Million Secured Financing Northland Fuel LLC Winston & Strawn represented Northland Fuel LLC and its subsidiaries, Yukon Fuel Company and Service Oil & Gas, Inc., in a $55 million syndicated bank financing with LaSalle Bank, N.A. as the administrative agent and arranger.

Energy Transfer Partners $1.45 Billion Refinancing Heritage Propane Partners, L.P. Winston & Strawn represented Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. in connection with a $1.45 billion refinancing transaction. The refinancing consisted of a $750 million Rule 144A/Reg S offering of senior notes and a $700 million senior unsecured revolving credit bank facility.

PSI Energy, Inc. and Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. v. United States Cinergy Corporation On behalf of PSI Energy, Inc. and Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., our attorneys obtained a reversal of a Court of Federal Claims decision denying our client's claims for recovering millions of dollars in “special assessments” imposed by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. The Federal Circuit remanded the case with an order to award CGE and PSI full recovery of all assessments paid plus interest and effectively freed the utilities from further payments.

New York State Assemblyman Michael Gianaris, et al, v New York Liberty Development Corp, et al Empire State Development Corporation Our attorneys defended New York's Liberty Development Corporation when its decision to issue tax-exempt bonds to support the construction of a new electric generation plant in Astoria, Queens, was challenged in a suit brought by local Congresspersons, other politicians, and several citizen groups.

Northland Fuel LLC $30 Million Credit Facility Northland Holdings, Inc. Winston & Strawn represented Northland Fuel LLC and its subsidiaries, Yukon Fuel Company and Service Oil & Gas, Inc., in a $30 million revolving credit facility financed by LaSalle Bank National Association. The financing was a part of a reorganization and sale transaction in which Northland Holdings, Inc.'s fuel business was distributed to Northland Fuel LLC and its freight business was sold to Endeavour Capital.

Large Utility CFTC Investigation Allegheny Energy, Inc. We represented a large utility in an investigation conducted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission into whether the utility had provided misleading price information on natural gas trades to an industry trade publication. We helped the client navigate a series of CFTC subpoenas and depositions, and ultimately persuaded the CFTC to terminate the investigation without any finding of wrongdoing or assessment of penalties.

$304 Million RS Cogen Project Financing RS Cogen, L.L.C. Winston & Strawn represented RS Cogen, LLC (a joint venture between PPG Industries Inc. and Entergy Power Group) in connection with the $304 million project development and financing of a 425 MW gas-fired combined cycle cogeneration facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

$58 Million Sale by Auction of CH Resources to WPS Power CH Resources, Inc. Winston & Strawn represented CH Energy Group, Inc. in the $58 million sale of CH Resources, Inc., its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, to WPS Power Development Inc., a subsidiary of Wisconsin Public Service Corporation. The deal was the result of an auction process conducted by Navigant Consulting, Inc.

CIT $360 Million Financing of CCGT Alphagen Power Generation Facility CIT Group Inc. Winston & Strawn represented CIT Group in a $360 million construction and leveraged lease take-out financing for the development, construction, and operation of a 535 MW CCGT Alphagen gas-fired power generation facility in Michigan, which was named by Project Finance Magazine as it's "Americas Project Lease Deal of the Year" for 2002.