Jenna Goldman
Jenna Goldman
Biography
Jenna Goldman is an associate in the New York office. Jenna's practice involves the representation of lenders, sponsors, buyers and sellers in the financing, purchase and sale of infrastructure and renewable energy projects.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
- Represented a syndicate of commercial bank lenders, including CIBC, Mizuho, MUFG and Société Générale, in connection with the US$6 billion debt financing of the Champlain Hudson Power Express fully buried 339-mile transmission line connecting Canada to New York state, which is expected to generate as much as US$17.3 billion over 30 years for New York homes and businesses through wholesale electricity costs. The 400 kV high-voltage direct current transmission line has been under development for more than a decade in anticipation of New York's transition from fossil fuel to clean energy. It will run beneath Lake Champlain and the Hudson River on the Canadian border and is expected to be operational in 2026. The transaction was named the 2022 "Transmission Deal of the Year" by Project Finance International.
- Represented Eolian L.P., a portfolio company of Global Infrastructure Partners, in the first-of-its-kind tax equity financing of two standalone utility-scale battery storage projects in Mission, Texas.
- Represented the administrative agent, issuing lender, swingline lender and lender in connection with the letter of credit and revolving loan facility, and subsequent upsizing with City National Bank as an additional Lender, for a subsidiary of Clean Capital Holdings LLC which owns a portfolio of approximately 130 commercially operating photovoltaic solar assets.
- Represented the investor in the tax equity financing of a 300 MW solar project in Colorado.
- Represented the investor in the tax equity financing of a 300 MW solar project in Colorado.
- Represented the investor in the tax equity financing of a 690MW solar project and accompanying 1,406 MW integrated battery energy storage system in Nevada.
- Represented the investor in the tax equity financing of a 162 MW wind project in Colorado.
- Represented the sponsor in the acquisition of a US$250 million fuel cell portfolio.
- Represented the buyer in the asset purchase of a portfolio of landfill gas facilities.
- Represented the buyer in the acquisition of a 635 MW natural gas-fired power plant in New York.
- Represented the seller in the sale of a 345 kV transmission line in New York.
Education
Education
- JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2018
- Editor in Chief of Virginia Law Weekly
- Managing Editor of Virginia Environmental Law Journal
- BA, summa cum laude, History and Political Science, University of Florida, 2015
Admissions
Admissions
- Florida State Bar
- New York State Bar
Publications
Publications
- Co-author with Harriet Amelia Wessel, "Advanced Manufacturing Credit Guidance: What Goes Around Comes Around Again," Norton Rose Fulbright – Tax Equity News, May 20, 2024
- Co-author with Gabrielle Jacques, "The Two Low-Income Community Bonus Tax Credit Programs," Norton Rose Fulbright – Tax Equity News, June 20, 2023
- Author, "Recycling and Renewable Energy," Norton Rose Fulbright – Project Finance NewsWire, October 25, 2022
- Co-author with David Burton and Hilary Lefko, "The IRA's Expanded Tax Credits for Homeowners and Energy Efficiency Investors," Norton Rose Fulbright – Tax Equity News, September 21, 2022
- Co-author with David Burton, "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 - New Tax Credits for Manufacturers of Clean Energy Equipment," Norton Rose Fulbright – Tax Equity News, August 11, 2022
Speaking engagements
Speaking engagements
- Moderator, “Exploring the Impacts of NY Building Decarbonization Initiatives on the Power System,” NY Energy Summit, April 2024.
- Co-Presenter, “Battery Storage Tax Equity Transactions: the IRA in Action,” Dallas Bar Association (Environmental Law Section), September 2023.
Insights and news
News
Norton Rose Fulbright advises rPlus Energies in securing more than US$1 billion in financing
United States | July 29, 2024
New York pro bono team secures ruling in Chadian asylum case
United States | September 28, 2023
US team represents Eolian in battery storage project tax equity financing
United States | February 14, 2023
Norton Rose Fulbright advises rPlus Energies in securing more than US$1 billion in financing
United States | July 29, 2024
New York pro bono team secures ruling in Chadian asylum case
United States | September 28, 2023
US team represents Eolian in battery storage project tax equity financing
United States | February 14, 2023
