For over 20 years, Brenda has practiced energy and regulatory law, focusing on the development of energy and infrastructure projects, complex regulatory issues, and energy transactions. She began her career in federal litigation involving environmental and property law.
Brenda currently serves as Barclay Damon's Regulatory Practice Group leader, managing eight of the firm’s practice areas. She also serves as the Regulatory Practice Area co-chair and co-leader of the Renewable Energy and Energy Markets Teams. Brenda represents a wide array of clients, including renewable-energy developers and investors, electric generators, transmission line and pipeline owners and developers, and regulated utilities.
Brenda regularly represents developers of transmission and generation projects in major infrastructure siting and regulatory proceedings, including Public Service Law Article VII, VIII, and 10 proceedings before the New York Public Service Commission, Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Transmission, and the New York Siting Board for Electric Generation and the Environment, respectively. Brenda also routinely handles other regulatory matters, including those involving the approval of transfer of assets and ownership interests, financing approvals, and other approvals under Public Service Law Sections 68, 69, and 70; retail and wholesale-market issues; and compliance with safety laws and regulations.
Brenda often counsels energy clients in the preparation and negotiation of transactional documents such as interconnection, power purchase, energy management, fuel supply, and transportation agreements. She also represents clients in all aspects of project development, including site acquisition, right-to-build and environmental issues, preparing and negotiating EPC and construction contract documents, and securing project financing and funding, including real property tax mitigation and development incentives.