Ireland Stapleton’s Energy Practice Group serves clients in electric utility, oil and gas, renewable energy, energy distribution, and energy transmission matters. Our attorneys represent rural electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, real estate owners and project developers, industrial companies, governmental entities, and nonprofit groups in a wide range of matters related to the development and distribution of energy. From assistance with discrete projects and litigation to serving as outside general counsel, we assist clients in navigating complex and constantly evolving regulatory schemes governing development and distribution, transmission corridors, corporate compliance and sustainability, and land use issues.  

Our attorneys routinely represent a broad range of stake holders in in energy-related transactions, including landowners, project developers, utilities and others. Our experience includes oil and gas, electrical and transmission, and renewal energy. In addition, our attorneys have significant experience representing clients in court and before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and other regulatory bodies on a wide range of energy-related matters, including:

  • Advice on policy and legislative matters impacting energy
  • Assistance with permit applications
  • Cable cut and wire strike claims
  • Construction contracts and disputes
  • Drafting comments and advocating for clients in regulatory rulemaking
  • Easements and rights of way for electric and oil and gas facilities
  • Electric rates and regulations
  • Endangered Species Act matters
  • Energy supply and power purchase agreements
  • Environmental claims
  • Insurance coverage
  • Litigation
  • Power Purchase Agreements
  • Project development agreements
  • Project siting and “1041” proceedings
  • Real estate acquisitions
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Renewable energy projects
  • Risk management and mitigation
  • Service territory disputes
  • Tariff disputes
  • Transmission issues
  • Utility governance