The COVID-19 crisis is affecting every corner of the economy, with a heightened impact on energy markets and the wind, solar and storage industry supply chains and development landscape. In this weekly series, McDermott continues to interact with industry leaders to provide the latest market updates on the severe disruption and uncertainty brought on the renewables industry by COVID-19.
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Upcoming Webinars
Thursday, May 14, 2020
An In-Depth Look at the Federal Legislative Game Plan to Support Renewables
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm (EDT)
Speakers: Gregory Wetstone, president and chief executive officer of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Edward Zaelke and Chris Gladbach of McDermott Will & Emery.
Past Webinars
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Thursday, May 7, 2020
Shifting Market Dynamics in Corporate PPAs
Speakers: Christen Blum, Vice President, Renewables and Analytics Advisory, Edison Energy and Edward Zaelke and Carl J. Fleming of McDermott Will & Emery
Thursday, April 30, 2020
How Utilities and IPPs are Responding to COVID-19
Speakers: Brett Kerr, vice president of external affairs at Calpine; Drew Murphy, senior vice president of strategy and corporate development at Edison International; Andrew Campbell, director of regulatory support and planning at NiSource; and Philip Tingle, Edward Zaelke, Neil Levy and Lloyd MacNeil of McDermott Will & Emery
Thursday, April 23, 2020
COVID-19 – Can Tax Insurance for Renewable Projects Help?
Speakers: Antony Joyce and Mark McTigue of Marsh Senior Vice President and Tax Insurance Specialists; and Phil Tingle of McDermott Will & Emery Partner
April 16, 2020
A Conversation with Renewable Developers and Investors About COVID-19’s Impact on Their Business
Speakers: Michael Rucker of Scout Clean Energy, Susan Nickey of Hannon Armstrong, Tracy Stoddard of Acciona; and Edward Zaelke and Carl J. Fleming of McDermott Will & Emery
April 9, 2020
How COVID-19 is Impacting Renewable Tax Equity Transactions
Speakers: Ben Jacoby of Paragon Energy Capital, and Philip Tingle, Edward Zaelke, Carl J. Fleming and John Bridge of McDermott Will & Emery
April 2, 2019
A Look into How COVID-19 Is Impacting Financial Markets
Speakers: Marc Atlas of FTI Consulting, and Philip Tingle, Edward Zaelke, Carl J. Fleming and John Bridge of McDermott Will & Emery
March 26, 2019
Navigating Potential Project Delays Caused by COVID-19
Speakers: Philip Tingle, Edward Zaelke, Carl J. Fleming and John Bridge of McDermott Will & Emery
Key Contacts
COVID-19’s rapid spread has brought severe disruption and uncertainty to everyone’s personal lives as well as to the energy industry.
We are here for you, and would like to offer you the opportunity to meet remotely via a brief Zoom meeting or conference call if you’d like to connect. Our team can walk you through what we are seeing in the market today, our forecasts on the market, and suggestions on how to mitigate risks in this evolving market.
Philip Tingle, Partner and Global Head of the Firm’s Energy Advisory Practice Group
Edward Zaelke, Partner and Head of the Firm’s Global Energy Project Finance Group
Carl J. Fleming, Partner
John Bridge, Associate