Marcus Wood
Experience
Marcus Wood is a partner in the Energy Development practice group. He focuses his
practice on energy provider and energy facility developer clients. Marcus has
extensive experience representing independent power company owners of
conventional and renewable energy projects, as well as regulated electric, natural gas
and water utilities. He practices before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
and before utility regulatory bodies in the states of Oregon, Washington, California,
Idaho and Wyoming, in investigations and in rate proceedings, and has been a leader
in efforts to create Regional Transmission Organizations.
Marcus has represented numerous parties in the acquisition and financing of interests
in, and in the disposition of, the output from cogeneration and other conventional
electric generation facilities, as well as wind-powered and geothermal energy
resources. He regularly assists clients on the structuring of energy projects and the
Senior Counsel
operating contracts, power sales contracts and transmission contracts required for
Portland, OR
such projects. He also has extensive experience advising sellers, purchasers and
(503) 294-9434 direct
exchangers of electric capacity and energy, as well as advising both transmission
(503) 220-2480 fax
service providers and purchasers of electric transmission and related services.
marcus.wood@stoel.com
Representative Work
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Led the Attorney's Committee in efforts to form the "IndeGo" and the "RTO West"
Regional Transmission Organizations for the Northwestern United States.
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Represented a major independent power producer in negotiating and financing
Education
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Yale University Law School, J.D., 1974
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Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1969, cum
laude
Phi Beta Kappa
the acquisition of a 300 megawatt wind farm in Colorado.
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Represented a major investor-owned utility in re-negotiating a steam supply
agreement, a series of steam prepayment agreements, production payment
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agreements, trust deeds and other documents related to securing the steam
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Oregon
supply required to operate a geothermal steam plant located in Utah.
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U.S. District Court for the District of
Oregon
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Represented a major investor-owned utility in negotiating a development
agreement for the acquisition of a 41 megawatt wind farm in Wyoming, and in
creating a generation control, storage and redelivery agreement for the
transmission of the wind farm's output over constrained transmission facilities for
firm delivery in Oregon.
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Admissions
Represented a developer in negotiation of power purchase agreements for output
of a geothermal steam plant located in Idaho and in negotiation of a power
storage and redelivery agreement for project output to be stored and later
redelivered to a purchaser located in Oregon.
and District of Columbia Circuits
Marcus Wood
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Represented a major wind project developer in negotiating multiple renewable energy purchase agreements for 400 megawatts
of output from a wind farm in Indiana.
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Represented a major wind project developer in negotiating the acquisition of a 24 megawatt wind farm in Oregon.
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Represented a major wind project developer in negotiating a wind development acquisition and sale agreement for the
development and sale of a 123 megawatt wind farm in Iowa.
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Represented a major developer in negotiating a long-term power tolling agreement for a new 550 megawatt gas-fired electric
generation facility to be constructed by the developer.
Professional Honors and Activities
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Selected by Best Lawyers® as Energy Law Lawyer of the Year, Portland, 2012
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Listed in Best Lawyers in America© (currently: Energy Law), 2012-2016
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Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers® (Energy & Resources), 2015
Presentations
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"Tackling Energy Storage Issues," EUCI Webinar, September 21, 2011
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"Regional Planning – Implications for Transmission Siting and Investment in the West," Transmission West 2011, San Francisco,
California, Sep. 19, 2011
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"Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES): Lessons Learned from Natural Gas Tolling," (panelist), EUCI Webinar, July 21, 2011
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"Transmission Outlook," (moderator), Projects & Money 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 12, 2011
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"Biomass to Energy Projects: Key Issues to Consider in Power Purchase and Feedstock Agreements," The Seminar Group, Sep. 15,
2010
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"Energy Storage for Intermittent Generation," Tie Clean Energy Special Interest Group, Apr. 21, 2010
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"Impact of State RPS's and the Prospect of a Federal RPS," (panelist), Infocast Webinar, Jan. 27, 2010
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"Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreements: A 15-Minute Sampling of Particular Areas of Concern to Sellers," The Center for
American and International Law Second Annual Power & Alternative Energy Law Conference, Houston, Texas, Apr. 22, 2009
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"Global Warming Initiatives in the Western States: Impacts on the Location and Marketing of Electric Generation," Infocast
Webinar, Oct. 4, 2007
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"Transmission Policy, Incentives, and Expansion in the Western United States," Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. Conference on
Transmission Expansion in the Western United States, Westminster, Colorado, May 21, 2007
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"Transmission Service Through Generation Redispatch: The Multiple Flavors of Redispatch," Utility Wind Integration Group WindHydro Integration Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 22, 2007
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"California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: The Impacts on Ownership, Construction, and Marketing of Power from
Electric Generation Facilities," Infocast Webinar, Sep. 21, 2006
Marcus Wood
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"The Pacific Northwest – A Laboratory for Delivery of Grid Access and Transmission Services," American Wind Energy Association
Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, May 17, 2005
Publications
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"Section 3 – Transmission and Interconnection" (co-author), Case Study: A Wind Development Project in the State of California,
Stoel Rives LLP, June 2011 (PDF- available in English and Chinese)
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"Regulatory and Transmission-Related Issues," (co-author), The Law of Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy: A Guide to Business and
Legal Issues, Stoel Rives LLP, Vol. 4, 2011 (formerly The Law of Ocean and Tidal Energy)
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"Relocating the Wind: New Strategies for Moving Wind Generation from High-Wind Areas to High-Load Areas," North American
Clean Energy, Aug. 4, 2008