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Escalating electricity and fuel costs, combined with air pollution reduction requirements, make it imperative that organizations assert greater control over the environmental and cost impact of their reliance on traditional energy sources. Development of an alternative energy strategy is critical for many industries, building owners and governments in the move toward cost-effective environmental responsibility. Yet the time and costs involved can be daunting.

Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC assists clients with comprehensive approaches to energy efficiency and sustainable energy projects to achieve optimal energy savings and emissions reductions. Our experienced attorneys work together with financial, engineering and construction experts, making it possible for our clients to remain focused on their core businesses.

Our services can include

• arranging financing for up-front capital costs
• state-of-the-art design, utilizing proven technologies
• project management
• monitoring
• maintenance

We structure contracts for our clients to maximize savings through the use of energy tax credits and other available benefits, including state incentive programs.

Our attorneys work regularly with energy management consultants and wind and solar energy consultants to assist clients in assessing energy challenges, evaluating and improving efficiency, and in contracting for alternative energy solutions.

Our projects often involve use of alternative tax credits, including 2009 tax credits to assist in structuring financing. We work with a number of alternative energy financing groups and combine alternative energy analysis and consulting, financing and legal to provide one stop solutions for sustainable energy projects. With the expectation of new renewable energy laws in 2009, including solar energy laws, wind energy laws, and additional requirements for greater percentages of energy generation to be renewable, this is an exciting time for growth in this area.

For public and private clients, Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC attorneys are providing dynamic approaches to evolving energy issues in the move toward sustainable alternatives such as solar, wind and biomass.

Examples of recent energy projects include

• contracting for a solar installation at a manufacturing facility
• contracting for the solar design component of a new shopping center development
• contracting for a solar installation at an American Indian owned property
• contracting for a solar installation at multiple school buildings
• planning for a proposed solar thermal power plant