Orrick Represents Southwest Generation in Acquisition of California Gas Fired Power Plants


February.18.2016

Orrick represented Southwest Generation in the acquisition of three gas-fired power plants in California from affiliates of Fortress and PurEnergy. The plants include: Goal Line, a natural gas-fired combined-cycle cogeneration facility with a total capacity of 49.9MW located in Escondido, California; Kingsburg Cogeneration, a natural gas-fired combined-cycle cogeneration facility with a total capacity of 34.5MW located in Kingsburg, California; and Colton Power, two simple-cycle natural gas-fired peaking facilities with a combined capacity of 3.2MW located in Colton, California.

Our team was led by partner Blake Winburne, and includes partner Brad Gathright, partner Matt Archer, partner Adam Wenner, partner Darrell Thomas, senior counsel Bob Lawrence, managing associate Jaya Velamakanni and managing associate Michael Gu.