Profile
Eric Freedman advises a diverse range of clients in both the private and public sectors on energy and electric utility law. His practice focuses on energy, utilities, and infrastructure transactions, including transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, alliances and joint ventures, power and other infrastructure project development and operation, and the purchase and sale of carbon dioxide removals, power, and natural gas. He also prepares and negotiates commodity trading, renewable energy credit purchase and sale, and energy services contracts.
Concentrations
- Carbon dioxide removal and other carbon credit purchase and sale transactions
- Carbon capture and sequestration project contracts
- Power project purchase and sale transactions
- Energy company (including energy services company) purchase and sale transactions
- Power project and other infrastructure project joint venture transactions
- Power project and other infrastructure project development, operation, and management contracts, including shared facilities contracts
- Combined heat and power project contracts, including thermal energy purchase and sale contracts
- Power purchase and sale transactions
- Renewable energy credit purchase and sale transactions
- Wholesale power trading transactions
- Energy transition transactions
Capabilities
Experience
Eric’s experience includes:
- Representation of a global technology company in the preparation and negotiation of contracts for the procurement of carbon dioxide removals from a wide variety of nature-based and engineered carbon dioxide removal projects in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
- Representation of a global energy company in the preparation and negotiation of long-term contract for the procurement of carbon dioxide removals from tropical forests in West Africa.°
- Representation of a global technology company in the preparation and negotiation of a long-term carbon-free energy purchase agreement with a Washington public utility district for the supply of incremental hydropower to serve the technology company’s headquarters campus.°
- Representation of Capital Power Corporation in the acquisition from Atlantic Power Corporation of Frederickson Power L.P., the owner of a 50.15% undivided interest in a 250 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility in Frederickson, Washington.°
- Representation of Tokyo Gas America Ltd. in the acquisition of Ramsey Energy Holdings LLC from Hecate Energy NAF LLC.°
- Representation of Municipality of Anchorage in the US$986 million sale of Municipal Light & Power to Chugach Electric Association, Inc.°
- Representation of Gulf Pacific Power, LLC in the acquisition of an indirect 80% cash equity interest in in Rocky Caney Wind, LLC, the owner of a 200 MW wind project in Kansas and a 150 MW wind project in Oklahoma.°
- Representation of Gulf Pacific Power, LLC in the acquisition of ownership interests of Sumitomo Corporation of Americas in Desert Sunlight Investment Holdings, LLC, the owner of a 550 MW solar power project in Riverside County, California.°
- Representation of Gulf Pacific Power, LLC in its acquisition of a partial ownership interest in a 550 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility located in Astoria, Queens.°
- Representation of ENGIE North America in the preparation and negotiation of an operation and maintenance agreement and master energy agreement for a district energy heating and cooling system in Long Island, New York.°
- Representation of ENGIE Development, LLC in the proposed acquisition of an Oklahoma wind farm.°
- Representation of ENGIE Cofely Inc. in the acquisition of Systecon, LLC.°
- Representation of ENGIE Contracting Services LLC in the acquisition of Donnelly Mechanical Corp.°
- Representation of ENGIE Contracting Services LLC in the acquisition of Unity International Group, Inc.°
- Representation of ENGIE Energy Services Holdings Northeast LLC in the acquisition of subsidiaries of Talen Energy Services Northeast, Inc.°
- Representation of ENGIE North America Inc. in the acquisition of OpTerra Energy Group, Inc.°
- Representation of GDF SUEZ Energie Services S.A. in the acquisition of Ecova, Inc.°
- Representation of GDF SUEZ Energy North America in the sale of the 520 MW Chehalis natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility to PacifiCorp.°
- Representation of a Washington municipality in the sale of the output of the municipality’s hydroelectric project and waste-to-energy project to an investor-owned utility.°
- Representation of TransAlta Corporation in the acquisition of a 122 MW portfolio of solar power projects located in North Carolina from a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners K/S.°
- Representation of TransAlta Corporation in the acquisition from Calpine Wind Holdings, LLC of a portfolio of wind projects located in Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Texas.°
- Representation of TransAlta Corporation in the acquisition from Rockland Capital of distributed solar power projects in Massachusetts and the 50 MW Lakeswind wind project in Minnesota.°
- Representation of TransAlta Corporation in the acquisition of a 144 MW wind project in Wyoming from a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC.°
- Representation of TransAlta Corporation in the preparation and negotiation of long-term coal transition power purchase and sale agreement with Puget Sound Energy, Inc.°
- Representation of Hancock Natural Resource Group, Inc. and John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) in its investments in Enviva Wilmington Holdings, LLC and Enviva JV Development Company, LLC.°
- Representation of Recycled Energy Development LLC in its acquisition of a 28 MW wood waste biomass combined heat and power facility in Scotia, California.°
- Representation of PPL Sundance Energy, LLC in the sale to Arizona Public Service Company of a 450 MW natural gas-fired peaking facility in Arizona.°
- Representation of PPL Southwest Generation Holdings, LLC in the sale to LS Power Generation II, LLC of a 50% ownership interest in Griffith Energy Center, a 600 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating project in Arizona.°
- Representation of Capital Power Income L.P. in its US$1.11 billion acquisition by Atlantic Power Corporation.°
- Representation of Capital Power Corporation in its acquisition of Tiverton Power Inc., the owner of a 265 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility in Tiverton, Rhode Island, and Rumford Power Inc., the owner of a 265 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility in Rumford, Maine.°
- Representation of Capital Power Corporation in its acquisition of Bridgeport Energy LLC, the owner of a 500 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility in Bridgeport, Connecticut.°
- Representation of Capital Power Corporation and EPCOR Utilities Inc. in the spin-off of all of EPCOR's power generation and energy marketing assets and related operations in Canada and the United States to Capital Power.°
- Representation of EPCOR Utilities Inc. in the acquisition of Primary Energy Ventures LLC.°
- Representation of EPCOR Utilities Inc. in the sale of a 67 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle generating facility in Castleton, New York.°
- Represented EPCOR Utilities Inc. in the sale to Puget Sound Energy, Inc. of a nearly one-half interest in a 250 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility in Frederickson, Washington.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Freedman prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Recognition & Leadership
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2012-2025
- Energy Law, 2012-2025
- Utilities Law, 2018-2025
- Environmental Law, 2020-2025
- Energy Law “Lawyer of the Year, Seattle,” 2020
- Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Energy & Natural Resources, 2023-2024
- Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Energy Transactions: Electric Power and Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power, 2024
Credentials
Education
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J.D., Yale Law School
- Articles and Book Reviews Editor, The Yale Journal of International Law
- Research Student, Peterhouse, Cambridge University
- M.A., University of California at Berkeley
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B.A., with Highest Honors, University of California at Berkeley
- Awarded University Medal
Admissions
- California
- New York
- Washington
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Admitted in California, New York, and Washington. Not admitted in Oregon.