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Nikki assists energy clients with end-to-end transactions that make their innovative projects a reality. Energy clients rely on Nikki to advise them through various stages of project development and operation, beginning with early site control, due diligence, financing and construction, and ending with the sale of energy to prospective purchasers. She guides clients at planning, design and function stages and has experience drafting and securing site control documents, performing due diligence review on secured or prospective sites, and guiding clients through project financing in order to get them to project operation within desired timelines. Developers, investors and purchasers – including in the wind and solar sector – are some of the renewable energy clients Nikki assists. She enjoys helping clients address the challenges and opportunities inherent to the renewable energy industry.

Texas property owners are becoming more knowledgeable on renewable energy as wind and solar projects continue to thrive in the state of Texas. In the early stages of renewable development, leases were not heavily negotiated and were executed swiftly, at little cost to developers. Today, the expectation is quite different.
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