The law and regulation of the electric power industry is highly specialized and complex. Effective legal services require an in-depth and holistic understanding of the various legal, technical, and commercial aspects of the industry.
Real Expertise
L&A’s expertise in the power industry is grounded on years of active and close involvement in a wide variety of projects, ranging from large-scale baseload power plants to small-scale rural electrification projects, in all stages, from project development to operations and maintenance.
L&A’s expertise is enhanced by its unique experience of in-depth participation in all sectors of the industry – generation, supply, transmission, and distribution. L&A’s experience significantly includes the comprehensive management of the legal aspects of all regulatory and tariff matters in the entire transmission sector, as well as various transactions between the grid operator and industry participants.
Beyond Legal
With its experience and comprehensive understanding of the industry, L&A provides valuable advise to clients on a broad range of technical and commercial matters.
L&A advises on tariff structuring and analysis, as well as tariff justification before the regulatory authorities. L&A provides inputs in various technical matters such as plant configuration, grid impact of new capacity and loads, plant to grid connection configuration, and asset classification. L&A also advises on commercial transactions from project finance to marketing strategies.
Services Rendered
Here are some of the services currently being provided by L&A.
Currently provides legal services to two power generation companies on regulatory matters involving two coal-fired power stations in Mindanao with a total gross capacity of 360 MW, including the regulatory approval of multiple bilateral electric power supply contracts and the related energy tariffs.
Currently provides legal services to a power generation company developing a 44 MW geothermal power station and a 15 MW bunker C-fired diesel power station in an off-grid island, including the regulatory approval of bilateral electric power supply contracts and the related energy tariffs.
Currently provides legal and regulatory advisory services to a power generation company with multiple generation projects with renewable biomass energy sources.
Currently provides legal services to a power generation company engaged in power generation in off-grid areas.
Currently provides legal and regulatory advisory services to a private entity with a combined power generation and distribution project in a remote rural off-grid area under the Qualified Third Party Program of the Department of Energy (DOE).
Currently provides legal and regulatory advisory services in relation to project development of generation companies.
Currently represents a power generation company seeking regulatory approval of an Ancillary Services Procurement Agreement covering a 411 MW hydroelectric power plant in Luzon.
Currently provides advice to two power generation companies on regulatory matters involving two coal-fired power stations in Mindanao with a total gross capacity of 360 MW on regulatory and tariff implications of possible arrangements for connections to the distribution system and/or the transmission grid.
Currently provides legal services on the capital expenditure projects of an electric cooperative.
Currently provides advice on competitive selection processes conducted by utilities for procurement of power supply and assistance in drafting power supply contracts.
Currently represents various distribution utilities in the regulatory approval of bilateral electric power supply contracts and the related energy tariffs, for purposes of authority to pass through the cost of supply to end-users.
Currently provides legal and regulatory advisory services for a corporation providing prepaid retail electricity service to distribution utilities.