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Environmental

Aug. 19, 2009

Orrick Helps Seal the Deal for Major Solar Power Agreement

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe advised First Solar in a 20-year power purchase deal with Southern California Edison.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Southern California Edison has sealed an agreement boosting its solar energy use, announcing Tuesday it will buy power from two large-scale solar farms to be built by Tempe, Ariz.-based First Solar.

Leslie Sherman, a project finance attorney at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe advised First Solar in the deal, which will provide 550 megawatts of electricity to the utility, or enough to power 170,000 homes. I...

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