William H. "Bill" Holmes

William Holmes is a partner in the Portland office of K&L Gates. He focuses his practice in the area of energy and infrastructure projects and transactions with an emphasis on wind energy, solar energy, hydroelectric power, geothermal, biomass, natural gas, carbon offsets, and energy storage. His experience extends into corporate transactions, water law, and real estate law. Bill also advises clients in negotiating major power purchase agreements, acquisition and sale of energy projects, EPC agreements, O&M agreements, fuel supply, and energy project development agreements.

Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Holmes was a partner in the Portland office of Stoel Rives LLP.

• Presenter, “Corporate Energy Sourcing from Off-Site Renewable Energy Projects,” Webinar, July 7, 2015
• Presenter, “Storage and Solar: the Intertwining of Technical and Legal Innovations”, American Bar Association, Section of Environment Energy, and Resource, GPS and RADER Committee (2014)
• Moderator, “Exploring Business Opportunities: Paying Your Bills with Energy Storage,” Energy Storage Association 24th Annual Conference (2014)
• Presenter, “Long-Term PPAs for Energy Storage,” Energy Storage Association 24th Annual Conference (2014)
• Panelist, “Energy Storage – What Will it Take?: Recent Developments in US Energy Storage Law and Policy,” 2014 Oregon Future Energy Conference, April 22, 2014
• Moderator, “Current Storage Technologies Panel,” 2014 University of Texas Renewable Energy law Conference, January 28, 2014
• Presenter, “Future of Hydroelectric Generation in the Pacific Northwest: Provisions of the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013,” 19th Annual Conference on Buying & Selling Electric Power in the West, January 13, 2014
• Panelist, “Legal and Regulatory Perspectives on Energy Storage,” Hydrovision International, 2013, Denver, Colorado, July 24, 2013
• Panelist, “Valuing Hydro in Today’s Energy Markets,” National Hydropower Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC, April 22-24, 2013
• Moderator, “Storage Sector Update,” Future Energy Conference, Portland, Oregon, April 16-17, 2013
• Summit Chairman, 6th Annual Storage Week, 2012, Austin, Texas, April 3-4, 2013
• Moderator, “Storage Policy in Texas: Comparison with California,” 2013 University of Texas Renewable Energy Institute, Austin, Texas, January 29-30, 2013
• Presenter, “Future of Hydroelectric Generation in the Pacific Northwest,” 18th Annual Conference on Buying & Selling Electric Power in the West, January 18, 2013
• Presenter, “Understanding Power Purchase Agreement Contracting with DoD,” 2nd Defense renewable Energy & Military Microgrids, Washington, DC, Nov. 28-30, 2012
• Moderator, "Energy Storage for the Grid: Watchful Waiting or Perfect Storm," MIT Enterprise Forum Northwest, Seattle, Washington, May 8, 2012
• Moderator, "Integration, Reliability, Operational and Regulatory Issues for Renewables," Wind, Solar and Storage CLE, Austin, Texas, Feb. 15, 2012
• Presenter, "Transmission & Grid Integration", The Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition, Washington DC, Sept. 22, 2011
• Summit Chairman and Moderator, "Developing and Financing Pumped Hydro Projects," Storage Week, 2011, San Diego, California, July 13, 2011