Rikaela R.J. Greane
Associate
Rikaela Greane is an associate and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she is a member of the firm’s Finance & Financial Institutions Practice and Energy Sector. Rikaela advises energy market participants on project debt and tax equity finance, development, and acquisitions, including for multiple utility-scale projects, project portfolios and energy storage. She also regularly works on energy facility build transfer projects. Rikaela has experience assisting clients with a range of energy project documents, including power purchase agreements, REC agreements and construction contracts.
Rikaela also has significant experience with state and federal energy regulation matters, which she draws on to counsel her clients. Her experience includes traditional electric and natural gas utility rate cases and compliance filings, seeking regulatory approval of transmission line projects and seeking regulatory approval of plant constructions, acquisitions and retirements. Rikaela has also advised retail electric and natural gas suppliers on regulatory applications and compliance.
Representative Experience
- Represented Indiana Michigan Power Company in connection with the build-transfer transaction for the acquisition of a 245 MW solar project located in Indiana
- Represented sponsor in financing of a 200MW solar and 100MW storage project in New Mexico
- Represented lead bank in construction term loan facility and syndicated sale leaseback transaction for a portfolio of 15 solar photovoltaic generating projects located in Washington D.C. and New Jersey
- Represented Appalachian Power Company in connection with its agreement to acquire the 50MW Bedington solar and 5MW Amherst solar projects located in West Virginia and Virginia, respectively
- Represented lead bank in syndicated construction financing for a portfolio of compressed natural gas fueling stations throughout the United States
- Represented American Electric Power Company and various of its utility subsidiaries in connection with the negotiation of multiple wind and solar build-transfer transactions
Affiliations
- Treasurer, Public Utilities Section of the Wisconsin State Bar