Richard Kanoff

Richard Kanoff is a Partner in the Energy, Environmental and Real Estate practice groups. He has devoted his career to helping private and public clients understand and navigate the often-complex world of energy, climate change, innovation and technology. Mr. Kanoff helps clients manage regulatory risk, develop projects, secure financing and make decisions. He often appears in regulatory forums and federal courts involving energy infrastructure projects throughout New England.

Mr. Kanoff assists a diverse group of emerging and established private and public companies, start-ups, non-profits, individuals, and municipalities and focuses on renewable energy and clean technology law, regulatory policy and litigation including permitting, siting, finance, regulatory compliance, project development and transactional matters.

Mr. Kanoff consistently works with his clients to promote clean energy solutions and effectively litigate complex matters in support of their efforts to develop renewable energy projects, protect environmental resources, and promote non-fossil alternatives. He also represents clients in complex litigation in regulatory agencies and federal courts, including United States Court of Appeals (1st Circuit), at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and before state energy regulatory commissions in New England.

Representative Experience

• Counsel to an energy storage company developing a commercial scale energy storage facility in New York.
• Counsel to an asphalt company in successfully negotiating a contract for the purchase of carbon credits and associated VERRA certification.
• Counsel to a solar company in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceeding regarding the unreasonable assessment of transmission facility costs for renewable facilities.
• Counsel to a municipality before the MA Energy Facility Siting Board in opposition to an unnecessary proposed gas pipeline that would transverse the town and significantly impact an adjoining Environmental Justice Community.
• Counsel to a national solar company in the development, diligence, and financing of approximately 250 MWs of commercial scale solar/storage projects in New England, New York, Maryland, and Georgia.
• Counsel to a national solar developer with respect to the acquisition and diligence of over 50 MWs of commercial scale solar/storage in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
• Counsel to a national solar developer relating to the acquisition of commercial scale solar projects, including a brownfield development, in Massachusetts.
• Counsel to a national solar developer with respect to multiple projects, including a large roof top project, in Rhode Island.
• Counsel to a landowner/developer in the proposed development of a roof top project in Rhode Island and in a large-scale 16 MW commercial project in Maine.
• Counsel to prominent bank in debt financing the development and operation of a roof top solar facilities on a well-known big box retailer in MA; responsible for due diligence, risk assessments, regulatory advice, and transaction documentation.
• Counsel to a well-known retail grocery chain in its net metering and energy related transactions in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
• Counsel in transactions regarding the applicability of investment/production tax credits for solar, wind and biomass projects.
• Counsel to an energy storage company in the development, permitting, leasing, and financing of its energy storage (flywheel) technology.
• Counsel to numerous landowners in transactions relating to the option/leasing of land for the development of commercial scale solar projects.
• Counsel to a wind developer in the siting of a wind facility in New Hampshire.
• Counsel in a matter of first impression before the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals with respect to an appeal under the Natural Gas Act for a water quality certification.
• Counsel defending an injunction and complaint before the United States District Court relating to an ongoing appeal at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
• Counsel to numerous municipalities and non-profit groups with respect to siting of electric transmission lines and interstate gas pipeline infrastructure in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, including representation at proceedings before the MA and NH Siting Boards and before the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts and the Supreme Court in New Hampshire.