
Lead counsel to Real Capital Solar, LLC in its acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests of three entities owning eleven 1MW community solar garden photovoltaic projects in Colorado and Minnesota and the subsequent portfolio financing including the credit agreements and facility documents, for each project. Lead counsel to Duke Energy Renewables Solar, LLC in its acquisition of 100% of the membership interests in Caprock Solar 1 LLC and Caprock Solar 2 LLC for the development of a 25MW solar photovoltaic project located in Quay County, New Mexico. Lead counsel to Gamesa in connection with the repowering of the Medicine Bow Wind Project, an approximately 5 MW wind energy generation project under operation near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, including analysis regarding new Production Tax Credit (PTC) qualification upon overhauling and completing upgrades of wind turbines, and the subsequent sale of the updated project to an affiliate of Commonwealth Bay. Holland & Hart also negotiated the related Power Purchase, Turbine Supply and Construction Services Agreements for the 200 MW facility.

Lead counsel Duke Energy in its acquisition of the development assets related to a 200MW wind power project located in Kay County, Oklahoma, known as the Frontier Windpower project. Lead counsel to the owner of Scout Clean Energy in its sale of its 1,600 MW pipeline of US wind power projects business to an affiliate of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas. Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Rochelle served as a law clerk to the Honorable Marvin P. Rochelle has successfully negotiated and helped clients execute corporate PPAs for renewable energy projects totaling more than 2 GW in the aggregate. Rochelle specializes in power purchase agreements (PPAs) and represents clients in the negotiation of traditional physical offtake PPAs with both utilities and private commercial and industrial offtakers as well as financial and virtual PPAs or contracts for differences. This includes the negotiation of land acquisition documents, power purchase agreements, construction contracts, operations and maintenance agreements, shared facilities agreements and financing documents, including ISDA and other hedge and swap agreements. Developers, sponsors, purchasers, sellers, and investors rely on Rochelle’s guidance and solution-oriented approach to navigate each phase of a project’s lifecycle – from inception to construction and through financing and operation.
