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Todd J. Griset


Partner
Practice Focus: Energy and Telecommunications
Office: Augusta, ME
Portland, ME
Phone:207.623.5300
Fax:207.623.2914
Email:tgriset@preti.com
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Todd J. Griset helps clients ranging from developers of energy projects to industrial and commercial energy consumers make critical decisions on energy and utilities matters and maximize their opportunities in power markets across the nation. He advises clients on permitting and regulatory affairs, as well as transactions relating to infrastructure. manufacturing and energy assets.

Todd actively represents clients before federal and state regulatory agencies including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Maine Public Utilities Commission.  Todd also advises clients on regional energy market design and operations in the ISO-New England, PJM, and other control areas.  On behalf of his clients, he pursues grants, incentives, and other funding sources for energy and efficiency projects, and defends clients against regulatory enforcement actions relating to energy matters.

Todd is a frequent author and speaker on energy issues.  He authors the Energy Policy Update blog and has been published in a peer-reviewed law journal on renewable ocean energy. His writings appear regularly in publications including the Offshore Wind Wire and Electric Light & Power.

A Reading, Massachusetts native, Todd is a graduate of Phillips Academy and Dartmouth College, where he studied physics and French literature.  Todd earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2002.  Todd also earned a master's degree in environmental studies from the University of Pennylvania, where he examined the relationship between legal regimes and environmental contamination in the Arctic.  He is fluent in both continental and Quebecois French. Todd has practiced with Preti Flaherty since 2002.

Todd practices with Preti Flaherty's Energy and Telecommunications Group from the Augusta, Maine office.

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Representative Matters

Todd enabled the development of a new 25-megawatt biomass-fueled generation facility by securing incentives including a long-term power purchase agreement, tax benefits and a $2,000,000 grant.
Todd secured key federal regulatory approvals for a $6 billion transaction involving the sale of a nationwide portfolio of manufacturing facilities and related generation assets. Todd minimized his clients' regulatory burdens while securing the necessary approvals, enabling the deal to... read more >>
Todd obtained certification of a refurbished 50-megawatt biomass generation project at a forest products manufacturer's facility as a new renewable resource, allowing the mill to produce renewable energy certificates. This created a new revenue stream for the mill.
Todd defended industrial energy consumers against proposed legislation that would have reduced incentives for energy efficient investment. To achieve this result, Todd demonstrated the value of energy efficiency programs, convincing legislators of the return on investment.

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Todd practices with Preti Flaherty's Energy and Telecommunications Group from the Augusta, ME office.