Wind power is quickly becoming a cost-efficient and reliable form of energy for the nation. New products and programs are allowing people to use this resource with added benefits and results; and current legislation has increased the number of incentives available to wind power users. If you are looking to represent clients who are interested in the possibilities of wind power, this is the seminar for you. Order today!

• Overview of Wind Industry
• Land and Site Control Instruments
• Permitting the Wind Project
• Interconnection Agreements and Transmission Issues
• Power Purchase Agreements
• Financing a Wind Project
• Tax Credits and Other Governmental Incentives

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1. Overview of Wind Industry
2. Land and Site Control Instruments
3. Permitting the Wind Project
4. Interconnection Agreements and Transmission Issues
5. Power Purchase Agreements
6. Financing a Wind Project
7. Tax Credits and Other Governmental Incentives

WILLIAM H. HOLMES is a partner with the law firm Stoel Rives LLP and chair of the Renewable Energy Initiative. Mr. Holmes concentrates his practice in the area of energy law, with a special emphasis on wind, geothermal, biomass, tidal and ocean power, and other forms of renewable energy. He also has extensive experience with real estate law, water law, and general corporate transactions. He represents clients in the negotiation of major power purchase agreements on both the "buy" and the "sell" sides. This experience includes work on numerous major wind and renewable energy power purchase agreements. Mr. Holmes also advises clients in the acquisition agreements for energy assets and companies, EPC agreements, O&M agreements, management agreements, LLC agreements, energy project development agreements, fuel supply agreements, and related documentation. Mr. Holmes is a frequent speaker and author on a variety of renewable energy topics. He is listed in Best Lawyer in America in Energy Law and Environmental Law, 2007 - 2010. Mr. Holmes is a member of the Oregon State Bar Public Utility Law Section and the American Bar Association Energy and Natural Resources Section. He earned his B.A. degree Plan II honors program, with highest honors, from the University of Texas hand his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School.

JENNIFER H. MARTIN is a partner with the law firm Stoel Rives LLP practicing in the Energy Group and Renewable Energy Initiative. Her practice focuses primarily on representing renewable energy developers in the negotiation of major power purchase agreements on both the "buy" and the "sell" sides. this experience includes work on many major wind power purchase agreements. Ms. Martin also represents renewable energy clients on a variety of energy-related regulatory matters before state and federal agencies. She 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. She is a member of the Energy, Telecom and Utility Law Section of the Oregon State Bar; the Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Section of the American Bar Association; the Energy Bar Association the Multnomah Bar Association and the Women of Wind Energy. Ms. Martin was a panelist on the "Renewable Energy PPAs: Risk Allocation and Litigation Trends," EUCI Webinar, September 8, 2010; the "Biomass to Energy Projects: Key Issues to Consider in Power Purchase and Feedstock Agreements," 1020 International Biomass Conference and Expo, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 6, 2010. Ms. Martin earned her B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame and her J.D. degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.

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