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Rikaela R.J. Greane

Associé

Rikaela R.J. Greane

Associé

Rikaela Greane is an associate and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she is a member of the firm’s Finance & Financial Institutions Practice and Energy Sector. Rikaela advises energy market participants on project debt and tax equity finance, development, and acquisitions, including for multiple utility-scale projects, project portfolios and energy storage. She also regularly works on energy facility build transfer projects. Rikaela has experience assisting clients with a range of energy project documents, including power purchase agreements, REC agreements and construction contracts.

Rikaela also has significant experience with state and federal energy regulation matters, which she draws on to counsel her clients. Her experience includes traditional electric and natural gas utility rate cases and compliance filings, seeking regulatory approval of transmission line projects and seeking regulatory approval of plant constructions, acquisitions and retirements. Rikaela has also advised retail electric and natural gas suppliers on regulatory applications and compliance.

Expérience des représentants

  • Represented sponsor in construction and bridge debt financings bridging to both committed and uncommitted tax credit sales for two Louisiana solar projects of 50 MW and 62.5 MW
  • Represented lead bank in tax equity financing for a 100MWh battery storage project located in California
  • Represented sponsor in debt financing for 260MWh battery storage project located in New Mexico
  • Represented lead bank in construction financing for a 250MW solar project located in Illinois
  • Represented lead bank in debt financing for a portfolio of 7 community solar and utility-scale solar projects located in Illinois, Colorado, and New York
  • Represented Indiana Michigan Power Company in connection with the build-transfer transaction for the acquisition of a 245 MW solar project located in Indiana
  • Represented sponsor in the financing of a 200MW solar and 100MW storage project in New Mexico
  • Represented lead bank in construction term loan facility and syndicated sale-leaseback transaction for a portfolio of 15 solar photovoltaic generating projects located in Washington D.C. and New Jersey
  • Represented Appalachian Power Company in connection with its agreement to acquire the 50MW Bedington solar and 5MW Amherst solar projects located in West Virginia and Virginia, respectively
  • Represented lead bank in syndicated construction financing for a portfolio of compressed natural gas fueling stations throughout the United States
  • Represented American Electric Power Company and various of its utility subsidiaries in connection with the negotiation of multiple wind and solar build-transfer transactions

Affiliations

  • Treasurer, Public Utilities Section of the Wisconsin State Bar
4 novembre 2025 Contrats et victoires

Foley conseille MUFG dans son premier financement avec Dimension Energy

Foley & Lardner LLP a conseillé MUFG Bank Ltd. en sa qualité de syndicateur principal de la dette pour le financement du projet solaire communautaire de Dimension Energy, d'un montant de 412 millions de dollars, qui soutiendra un nouveau portefeuille de 134 MWdc de 25 projets solaires communautaires dans l'Illinois, le Maine, le New Jersey, New York, la Pennsylvanie et la Virginie.
5 septembre 2025 Contrats et victoires

Foley Represents Deutsche Bank in $200M Debt Facility for Catalyze

Foley & Lardner LLP represented Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, a leading global investment bank and financial services company, in connection with a $200 million debt facility provided to Catalyze Holdings, a national Independent Power Producer (IPP) and fully integrated developer of distributed renewable energy assets. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas served as agent.
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La législation du Wisconsin trace la voie à suivre pour la production nucléaire

Alors que la législation fédérale continue de promouvoir l'augmentation de la production nucléaire, le Wisconsin trace une voie similaire. Grâce à deux projets de loi...
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Constellation et Meta PPA : L'IA technologique et les objectifs en matière d'énergie propre préservent la production nucléaire existante

Le 3 juin 2025, Constellation et Meta ont annoncé un contrat d'achat d'électricité virtuel de 20 ans (le "PPA") pour la production...
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À la pointe du progrès : comment la demande de SMR de TVA annonce un changement à l'échelle de l'industrie

Le 20 mai 2025, la Tennessee Valley Authority (« TVA ») a annoncé qu'elle était la première entreprise américaine de services publics à présenter un petit réacteur modulaire...
Three panelists sit on stage in armchairs at the RENEW Wisconsin Energy Summit, with a presentation screen and red curtain in the background, discussing how law offices can offer litigation support for clean energy initiatives.
February 14, 2023 Blogs

RENEW Wisconsin Renewable Energy Summit

Foley recently sponsored the eleventh annual Renewable Energy Summit in Madison, Wisconsin