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1.15.26
Wilson Sonsini Advises Clearway on 1.17 GW of Power Purchase Agreements with Google
On January 15, 2026, Clearway Energy Group (Clearway) announced the 2025 execution of three new long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Google totaling 1.17 GW of carbon-free energy projects located in Missouri, Texas, and West Virginia. Under the new agreements, Clearway will deliver carbon-free energy to local grids to support Google’s data centers in SPP, ERCOT, and PJM for up to 20 years while driving economic growth across the local communities. Together, the three projects represent over $2.4 billion invested in reliable energy infrastructure. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Clearway on the negotiation of each PPA.
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11.04.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises Clearway on Power Purchase Agreement and Energy Storage Agreement Totaling 520 MW
On October 30, 2025, Clearway Energy Group announced that it has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement and a 20-year energy storage agreement with the Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County (Grant PUD) for the Royal Slope Energy Center, a 260 MW solar and 260 MW storage facility in Grant County, Washington. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Clearway on the transaction.
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10.23.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises LCI on Landmark Clean Energy Deal with Google
On October 23, 2025, Low Carbon Infrastructure (LCI), I Squared Capital, and Google announced a landmark clean energy deal to develop the Broadwing Energy Project, an over-400-MW and over-1.5-million-pounds-of-steam-an-hour natural gas-fired cogeneration power plant integrated with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology, located at an Illinois industrial facility operated by Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised LCI on the transaction with Google and previously announced transactions with ADM.
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10.08.25
Firm Advises Clearway on Acquisitions of Catalina Solar Facility and Deriva Energy’s Solar Portfolio
On October 6, 2025, Clearway Energy, Inc., one of the largest owners of clean energy generation assets in the U.S., announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 613MWac portfolio of operating solar assets from Deriva Energy spanning eight states. Clearway also recently announced its acquisition of the 109 MW Catalina Solar facility in Kern County, California. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Clearway on the transactions.
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7.03.25
Navigating the Future of Energy: Nic Gladd Talks AI Infrastructure and Policy with Latitude Magazine
Nic Gladd, a partner in Wilson Sonsini’s energy and climate solutions practice, recently joined Latitude Media editor Lisa Martine Jenkins for a conversation at Transition AI 2025. Their discussion focused on the widening gap between the surging demand for AI infrastructure and the pace of energy project development, which is slowed by regulatory bottlenecks.
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3.14.25
Nic Gladd Quoted in RTO Insider's "Data Centers’ Need for Speed Clashing with Plodding Pace of Regulation"
RTO Insider recently published an article summarizing key points from the Energy Bar Association's Northeast Chapter Winter Summit where former FERC Commissioner Allison Clements emphasized the urgent need for regulatory reforms in the power industry to support the rapid expansion of data centers and artificial intelligence. Ms. Clements pointed out that despite high demand forecasts, the slow regulatory process could impede investment decisions.
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2.05.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises TransGrid on $1.4 Billion Financing for Battery Storage Projects
On December 27, 2024, TransGrid Energy, a leading owner and operator of utility-scale renewable energy projects, successfully closed $705 million in debt financing and executed documentation for a $270 million hybrid tax equity financing commitment and a tax credit transfer transaction of up to $490 million. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised TransGrid on all aspects of this financing.
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1.30.25
Firm Advises On.Energy on $77.6 Million Construction Credit Agreement with Pathward, BridgePeak
On January 28, 2025, On.Energy, a fully-integrated energy storage developer, technology company, and asset manager, announced the close of construction credit facilities provided by Pathward and BridgePeak Energy Capital to build its 160 MWh Palo de Agua battery storage portfolio across the state of Texas. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised On.Energy on the transaction.
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10.16.24
Wilson Sonsini Advises Kairos Power on Agreement with Google for 500MW of Clean Energy
On October 14, 2024, Kairos Power and Google announced they have signed a Master Plant Development Agreement, creating a path to deploy a U.S. fleet of advanced nuclear power projects totaling 500 MW by 2035. Under the agreement, Kairos Power will develop, construct, and operate a series of advanced reactor plants and sell energy, ancillary services, and environmental attributes to Google under Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). Plants will be sited in relevant service territories to supply clean electricity to Google data centers, with the first deployment by 2030 to support Google’s 24/7 carbon-free energy and net zero goals.
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3.08.24
Wilson Sonsini Advises TransAlta on Tax Credit Transfer Agreements for White Rock and Horizon Hill Wind Projects
On February 22, 2024, subsidiaries of TransAlta Corporation, a Canadian clean energy solutions company, entered into 10-year transfer agreements with an AA-rated customer for the sale of approximately 80 percent of the expected Production Tax Credits (PTCs) to be generated from their White Rock and the Horizon Hill wind projects in Oklahoma. The expected annual average EBITDA from these transfer agreements is approximately $43 million. These transfer agreements mark one of the largest publicly announced PTC transfer transactions with a 10-year term since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).