Lawyers / Professionals

Mr. La Fratta has a wealth of experience on the "front end" of energy and industrial projects such as LNG facilities, power plants and food processing facilities, including EPC and other construction contracts, power purchase agreements, raw material and feedstock procurements, tolling agreements, O&M contracts, thermal energy contracts, equipment purchases, fuel supply and transportation contracts. He has represented the owners, lenders and customers of most every type of power generation project including hydro, biomass, coal, lignite, pet coke, nuclear, natural gas, waste fired, landfill gas, wind and solar (PV and CSP) varying in size from less than 1 MW to more than 2,000 MW.

He has negotiated more than 30,000 MWs of long-term power purchase and tolling contracts on behalf of the power purchasers and developers of such projects, as well as trading contracts using EEI, ISDA and WSPP documents. He has represented clients for state and federal energy regulatory approvals and rate matters. He has worked on the development, purchase and sale of inside-the-fence energy projects for industrials, including food production plants, warehouses, chemical plants and paper mills.

He also has experience with procurement of commercial users' purchased energy needs for everything from big box retailers to grocery store chains, and from bowling alleys to shopping centers and large industrial users. He has represented utilities and private developers of projects before utility commissions in preparing bids, drafting and negotiating power purchase contracts and other project documents, and financings, as well as represented lenders to power projects. He has represented participants in projects throughout the United States and in Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Pakistan.