Marissa Leigh Alcala

Partner

Practice Description

Representative Matters

• Representing the U.S. Department of Energy in connection with proposed guaranteed loans to (i) Georgia Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, and Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia for the financing of the 2,214 MW Vogtle nuclear power project in Georgia, (ii) Calvert Cliffs 3 Nuclear Project, LLC for the financing of the 1600 MW Calvert Cliffs 3 Nuclear Power Project in Maryland, a joint venture between Constellation Energy Group and EDF International, S.A., sponsored by UniStar Nuclear Energy, LLC, (iii) US Geothermal for the financing of a 22 MW geothermal power project in Oregon, and (iv) KiOR for the financing of an approximately 9,000 barrels-per-day cellulosic biofuel facility.
• Representing First Wind in connection with (a) the tax equity financing of numerous wind projects, including (i) a 203.5 MW wind farm in Utah, (ii) a 102 MW wind farm in Utah, (iii) a 30 MW wind farm in Hawaii, (iv) a 40 MW wind farm in Vermont, (v) a 60 MW wind farm in Maine, and (vi) a portfolio of wind projects in New York State with an aggregate anticipated capacity of approximately 200 MW and (b) a joint venture with Emera with respect to the ownership and development of onshore wind farms in the Northeast United States.
• Representing the lenders, including IFC, ADB, the Export-Import Bank of Korea, the Korean Export Insurance Corp. (KSure), BNP Paribas, and a syndicate of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India, in connection with the $4.3 billion project financing of the 4,000 MW Mundra coal-fired ultra mega power project in Gujarat, India, sponsored by Tata Power. This transaction was named "Deal of the Year-Asia Pacific" 2008 by Project Finance and Project Finance International.
• Representing a sponsor in connection with the construction and approximately $1.1 billion project financing of the Astoria II 550 MW power project in New York. This transaction was named "North American Single Asset Power Deal of the Year" 2009 by Project Finance.
• Represented WestLB AG, New York Branch as arranger in connection with (i) the approximately $275 million financing for the construction of three ethanol plants by ASAlliances Biofuels in the midwestern United States (named 2006 "Environmental Deal of the Year" by Project Finance International), and in connection with the bankruptcy and restructuring of these projects and related debt facilities, (ii) the $325 million financing of five ethanol plants in California, Oregon and Idaho by Pacific Ethanol (named 2007 "North American Ethanol Deal of the Year" by Project Finance), (iii) the $100 million financing of a 113-million-gallon ethanol facility in Oregon by Cascade Grain, (iv) the proposed financing of a 125-million-gallon ethanol facility in Montana, and (v) the financing of a 60-million-gallon biodiesel facility in Illinois by Nova Biofuels.
• Representing International Finance Corporation on the financings of (i) the Hidroeléctrica La Confluencia and Hidroeléctrica La Higuera hydro power projects in Chile, (ii) a natural gas pipeline owned and operated by Transierra S.A. in Bolivia, (iii) the development of four oil fields in Venezuela by Pérez Companc de Venezuela, a subsidiary of Pecom Energia S.A., (iv) a wireless mobile telecommunications project in the Dominican Republic, operated by a subsidiary of France Télécom, and (v) the Karachaganak oil and gas project in Kazakhstan.
• Representing Trust Company of the West in connection with the taxable revenue bond financing of a 60-million-gallon ethanol project in Ohio.
• Representing HSH Nordbank in connection with the financing of a portfolio of landfill gas-to-energy projects across the United States.
• Represented Ormat Technologies,Inc., an international geothermal energy developer, on the acquisition of four geothermal power facilities in California and in the subsequent financing of such facilities; and in the financing of a geothermal power facility in Guatemala.
• Represented purchasers and sellers in numerous transactions involving the acquisition or sale of power-related assets, including post-acquisition financing and corporate restructuring.

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