Representative Matters
For over sixty years, Sive, Paget & Riesel has been a recognized leader in environmental, land use, and municipal law and litigation. The firm has unparalleled experience assisting clients with environmental reviews, brownfield cleanups and redevelopment, environmental permitting, environmental aspects of real estate management, and due diligence reviews and risk assessments for corporate and real estate transactions. In recent years, the firm has built new practices in project finance, offshore wind and other renewables, climate change, and resiliency that draw on the firm’s historical strengths and experiences.
Champlain Hudson Power Express – NYSERDA
SPR represents NYSERDA in the Tier 4 Renewable Energy Certificate financing of the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) project, one of New York’s largest transmission infrastructure investments in the last 50 years. The project is set to deliver approximately 10.4 million MWh of clean energy an...
Campus Solar – Pace University
SPR represented a university in connection with the site license for an on-campus ground-mount and rooftop solar project.
Bulk Energy Storage Transactions – NYSERDA
SPR represents NYSERDA in the creation of its innovative Index Storage Credit incentive mechanism providing contracted bulk energy storage project owners greater revenue certainty while incentivizing participation in New York’s energy and capacity markets.
LL97 Affordable Housing Reinvestment Fund – NYCEEC
SPR advises NYCEEC with respect to structuring of the Affordable Housing Reinvestment Fund (AHRF) Offsets Program, a highly innovative mechanism that enables building owners subject to Local Law 97 (LL97) to purchase offsets for up to 10% of their annual emissions limits. The offset purchases the...
Geothermal Facilities – NY Green Bank
SPR represented a lender as sole counsel for a $20MM loan with Good Carbon Co. to support the installation of geothermal heating and cooling systems at a portfolio of multifamily affordable housing developments in the Buffalo, New York region. The facility bridges both New York State incentives a...