Edward Zaelke
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Edward (Ed) Zaelke is the global co-head of the Energy & Project Finance Practice. He focuses his practice on project finance and private equity in renewable energy transactional matters. With more than 30 years of experience, he advises clients on all elements of alternative energy development and finance, including equity and debt financing, merger and acquisition transactions, equipment purchase and sale agreements, power purchase agreements, siting and other real property issues, governmental approvals, and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts. Read Ed Zaelke's full bio
Key Takeaways: Achieving Low-Cost Decarbonization Through Power Markets, Infrastructure and Grid Operations
By Jacob Hollinger and Edward Zaelke on Jul 21, 2020
Posted In FERC, Power Markets, Project Development and Finance, Renewables
McDermott hosted Rob Gramlich, Founder and President of Grid Strategies, LLC, on July 16 for a discussion of low-cost decarbonization strategies for the electricity sector. We framed the discussion around 2020 US Presidential Candidate Joe Biden’s recently announced goal of getting to zero carbon emissions from the electricity grid by 2035. Here are three takeaways...
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Five Takeaways: What’s New in Energy Private Equity? Trends and Developments in a Shifting Investment Landscape
By Edward Zaelke, Christopher Gladbach and Seth B. Doughty on Jun 26, 2020
Posted In Power Markets
McDermott recently hosted Andrew Ellenbogen of EIG Partners and Jeff Hunter of Apollo Global Management for a lively discussion about the trends and developments in today’s shifting investment landscape. Below are key takeaways from this week’s webinar. 1. The most impactful changes in energy investment over the last decade have been the drop in natural...
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Five Takeaways: Early Moves and Current Trends in Energy Storage
By Edward Zaelke and Carl J. Fleming on May 29, 2020
Posted In Articles, Power Markets, Renewables
McDermott continues its dialogue with renewable industry leaders to provide the latest market updates on the disruption, challenges and opportunities COVID-19 presents to the industry. This week, we focused on the energy storage market and hosted Chris McKissack, CEO at GlidePath Power Solutions. Glidepath was an early mover in energy storage. GlidePath is now one of...
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Five Takeaways: An In-Depth Look at the Federal Legislative Game Plan to Support Renewables
By Edward Zaelke, Christopher Gladbach and Seth B. Doughty on May 15, 2020
Posted In Renewables, U.S. Congress
On Thursday May 14, McDermott was joined by Gregory Wetstone, president and chief executive officer of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) to discuss the latest market updates on the severe disruption and uncertainty brought on the renewables industry by COVID-19. Five takeaways from this week’s webinar: 1. There is no clear insight yet into...
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Six Takeaways: Shifting Market Dynamics in Corporate PPAs
By Edward Zaelke, Carl J. Fleming and Seth B. Doughty on May 8, 2020
Posted In Power Markets, Project Development and Finance, Renewables
On Thursday, May 7, McDermott Partners Ed Zaelke and Carl Fleming were joined by Christen Blum, head of the Renewable & Analytics Advisory practices at Edison Energy, to hear her thoughts on the current effects of COVID-19 on the corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) market. Below are six takeaways from this week’s webinar: 1. Despite COVID-19,...
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President Trump’s Executive Order on US Bulk Power System Electric Equipment: Questions and Analysis
By Carl J. Fleming, Christopher Gladbach, David J. Levine, David G. Tewksbury, Edward Zaelke, Joel A. Hugenberger, Neil Levy and Raymond Paretzky on May 4, 2020
Posted In Power Markets, Renewables
President Trump’s May 1, 2020, Executive Order prohibiting certain transactions involving bulk-power system electric equipment developed, manufactured or supplied by a foreign adversary could have far-reaching implications for both the renewable and conventional power industries. The breadth of the Executive Order raises key questions and concerns for sponsors and developers of energy projects, construction contractors...
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Six Takeaways: How Utilities and IPPs Are Responding to COVID-19
By Philip Tingle, Neil Levy, Lloyd J. MacNeil, Edward Zaelke and Seth B. Doughty on May 1, 2020
Posted In Natural Gas, Power Markets, Project Development and Finance, Renewables
On Thursday, April 30, McDermott was joined by Brett Kerr, vice president of external affairs at Calpine, Drew Murphy, senior vice president of strategy and corporate development at Edison International, and Andrew Campbell, director of regulatory support and planning at NiSource who shared their perspectives on how investor-owned utilities and independent power producers are managing the COVID-19 crisis....
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COVID-19 and Wind Projects: A Legal and Commercial Checklist for Tax Equity, Debt Financing and Project Documentation
By Carl J. Fleming, Edward Zaelke and Seth B. Doughty on Mar 30, 2020
Posted In Power Markets, Renewables, Tax
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has severely disrupted the wind market’s supply chain and labor resources, resulting in significant project delay risk. This legal and commercial checklist is a comprehensive practitioner’s guide to help sponsors and borrowers review their tax equity, financing, offtake and material project documents to ensure compliance with obligations, prevent unnecessary default triggers,...
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What COVID-19 Means For Renewable Projects And Financing
By Carl J. Fleming, Edward Zaelke and Seth B. Doughty on Mar 26, 2020
Posted In Renewables, Tax, U.S. Congress
The world is facing a situation unprecedented in modern times with the global spread and impact of COVID-19. Its rapid spread has brought severe disruption and uncertainty to everyone’s personal lives, as well as to the wind, solar and storage industry supply chains, the renewable project financing market, and global markets at large. While the...
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Community Choice Aggregators on the Rise as an Alternative Electricity Provider
By Edward Zaelke on Nov 13, 2019
Posted In Power Markets, Project Development and Finance, Renewables
Community choice aggregators (CCAs) are growing in popularity as an alternative electricity provider for communities that want more local control over their energy mix. And so, financiers, CCAs and other business leaders must assess what this growth means for the electric grid, utility business models and project finance. While there’s a primary focus on California,...
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