Kevin Fox

Partner
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Kevin Fox

Partner

Kevin is a founding partner of Keyes & Fox and has over 20 years of experience in clean energy transactions and climate policy and regulation. Kevin represents clients in a wide array of energy transactions, including long and short-term renewable energy and resource adequacy agreements, carbon-free energy agreements, energy storage tolling agreements, and data center supply agreements.

Kevin has negotiated power purchase agreements for over 7 gigawatts (GW) of renewable and renewable-plus-storage projects, including wind, solar, biomass, hydro, and geothermal projects. He has also negotiated energy storage tolling agreements for over 3 GW of stand-alone storage resources.

Kevin has significant experience with commercially reasonable and best-in-class terms, usage of trade, course of dealing or performance, standards and practice, and other relevant terms, provisions, and terminology used within the context of renewable energy transactions, energy storage tolling agreements, non-disclosure agreements, exclusivity agreements, estoppels, letters of credit, parent guarantees, and consents to collateral assignment.

  • State Bar of Colorado
  • State Bar of California (inactive)
  • State Bar of Oregon (inactive)
  • Successfully represented numerous buyers of wholesale power in contract negotiations for over 7 GW of renewable and renewable-plus-storage projects and over 3 GW of stand-alone storage resources.
  • Represented clients in achieving regulatory policy goals and objectives before public utilities commissions in over a dozen states and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
  • Assisted developers of renewable energy projects in California with obtaining regulatory approval of wholesale power purchase agreements with California investor-owned utilities.
  • Advised wholesale market participants with regulatory compliance matters before FERC, including obtaining qualifying facility certification, market-based rate tariffs, approvals of mergers and acquisitions, and approvals to sell generating facility assets.
  • Successfully represented numerous sellers of wholesale power in contract negotiations and in responding to requests for proposals.
  • Represented a California publicly owned utility in drafting requests for proposals for wholesale energy purchases and in drafting and negotiating power purchase agreements.
  • Represented Pacific Northwest investor-owned utilities with regulatory compliance matters before state public utilities commissions.
  • Drafted interconnection agreements and procedures for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to assist utilities in interconnecting distributed generation.
  • Provided consulting services to state public utilities commissions regarding the design of renewable energy policies to support distributed generation.
  • J.D., UC Berkeley School of Law
    • Environmental Certificate
  • B.S., Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning, University of California, Davis
    • Graduated with Highest Honors
  • Named as one of California’s 25 Leading Clean Tech Lawyers, Daily Journal (March 16, 2011)