Energy
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Global warming, security of supply, increasing scarcity of fossil fuels and volatile energy prices are just some of the challenges that are forcing us to carry out an in-depth review of the energy market: development of renewable energies, guarantees of origin and capacity mechanisms, corporate power purchase agreements, contracts for difference, self-consumption, and so on.
Energy issues are all the trickier to tackle because they require extremely heavy investment. Paradoxically, the regulatory framework for this sector is marked by a high degree of instability, with the many reforms undertaken in the field of renewable energies and the current discussions on the organization of energy markets (market design) being the most recent illustrations.
However, many issues remain to be clarified: financing and development of new generation capacity and network infrastructure, the role of nuclear power, post ARENH regulation, renewal of concessions (whether for distribution or hydropower), structuring the development of renewable energies and impact on networks (decentralized and intermittent generation) and markets (management of negative price episodes in particular), new consumer uses (electric cars and introduction of self-consumption), deployment of smart grids, etc.
The debates surrounding the Green Pact are yet another illustration of the many challenges facing this sector: reconciling industrial competitiveness with environmental impact, reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions while increasing investment, and so on.
With several years’ experience working with major operators (suppliers, producers, traders and large consumers in particular), Magenta has developed first-rate expertise in energy law to help its customers deal with all these issues:
- Drafting and assistance in negotiating gas purchase or electricity supply contracts, as well as partnership agreements between operators (swaps, co-production, etc.);
- Drafting and assistance with the negotiation of Corporate Power Purchase Agreements for various key accounts, on greenfield or brownfield assets, in single or multi-buyer contracts on wind and photovoltaic assets;
- Lobbying and assistance in drafting legislation and regulations;
- Legal assistance for the creation and construction of energy production facilities (whether using fossil or renewable energy sources);
- Regulatory audits for the acquisition of biomass projects, wind farms and solar farms;
- Pre-litigation and litigation assistance, both before the CRE’s CoRDiS and before civil and administrative courts (grid connection problems, contractual disputes, challenges to regulatory texts, etc.).
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