EUCI

About the Instructors:

Jennifer Martin, Member, Stoel Rives LLP

Jennifer Martin is a Member practicing in the Energy & Telecommunications group and Renewable Energy Initiative of the Portland office of Stoel Rives. Her practice focuses primarily on representing renewable energy developers on a variety of energy-related matters. She has extensive experience advising renewable energy developers in drafting and negotiating power purchase and renewable energy credit (REC) agreements, interconnection agreements and transmission service arrangements. She also has experience before state public utility commissions in the Western United States and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, representing both utility and independent power producer interests, including queue reform proceedings, Section 205 applications and approvals for FERC-jurisdictional sales, QF and exempt wholesale generator issues, market rate authority, Section 203 transfer of jurisdictional assets, investigations into compliance, and other issues.

Marcus Wood, Member, Stoel Rives LLP

Marcus Wood is a Member of the Stoel Rives' Portland office and focuses his practice on energy provider and energy facility developer clients. Marcus has extensive experience representing independent power company owners of conventional and renewable energy projects, as well as regulated electric, natural gas and water utilities. He practices before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and before utility regulatory bodies in the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho and Wyoming, in investigations and in rate proceedings, and has been a leader in efforts to create Regional Transmission Organizations. Marcus also has represented numerous parties in the acquisition and financing of interests in, and in the disposition of, the output from cogeneration and other conventional electric generation facilities, as well as wind-powered and geothermal energy resources. He regularly assists clients on the structuring of energy projects and the operating contracts, power sales contracts and transmission contracts required for such projects. He also has extensive experience advising sellers, purchasers and exchangers of electric capacity and energy, as well as advising both transmission service providers and purchasers of electric transmission and related services.

Jaosn Johns, Associate, Stoel Rives LLP

Jason Johns is an Associate in the Energy & Telecommunications group in the Portland office of Stoel Rives. His practice focuses on federal energy regulation, reliability issues, transmission, and power purchase agreements. Jason has represented a multitude of renewable energy clients in proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, including the California ISO and Midwest ISO interconnection queue reform proceedings, section 203 and 205 proceedings, and enforcement proceedings, as well as providing assistance with Qualifying Facility and Exempt Wholesale Generator certifications. Jason has helped to create internal audit and compliance programs for entities subject to mandatory reliability standards, and he is also licensed to practice as a patent attorney before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.