Mr. Jacob P. Arechiga

focuses his practice on complex commercial matters . Mr. Arechiga has extensive experience in the electric power and renewable energy industries, and has represented companies of all types contributing electric power to the grid, from generation to transmission to retail sale. He helps address the commercial, regulatory and environmental needs of solar panel manufacturers, utility-scale wind and solar developers and investors, electric generators, electric utilities and providers, and industry associations. He has also represented healthcare providers in various levels of disputes and compliance-related matters.

He works with these and other industries (such as manufacturing and technology) to address contested legal matters and mitigate risks associated with capital and real estate investments (including the development of “greenfield” and “brownfield” sites), transactions, and daily operations,. Mr. Arechiga also represents clients in administrative hearings before state agencies and appeals before federal courts. In addition, he works with clients to ensure compliance with a broad range of rapidly changing federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.

Mr. Arechiga is a 2009 graduate, with honors, of the University of Texas School of Law, where he was a member of the Texas Environmental Law Journal, and a graduate of Princeton University.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Special Counsel, 2018-present

•Jackson Walker LLP
- Senior Counsel, 2017-2018
- Associate, 2009-2016

Speaking Engagements

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Moderator, Clear Cutting the Regulatory Forest - Repeal and Replacement of Rules by New Presidential Administrations, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Conference, Denver, CO, March 1, 2019

•Speaker, “Energy and Environmental Regulatory Report and Forecast,” Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law Symposium, February 2018

•Speaker, “Recent Developments Regarding Federal Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” Air and Waste Management Association, January 2018

•Speaker and Author, “Renewable Energy Case Law Update,” Renewable Energy Law, February 2016

•“Disparate Impacts of EPA’s 111(d) Rule - Clean Power Plan,” Texas House Committee on International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs, April 2015, Testimony

•Speaker, “Water-Energy Nexus,” Texas Electric Cooperatives Directors Conference, January 2015

•Speaker, “Greenhouse Gas Rulemaking,” Texas Public Power Association Annual Meeting, July 2014

•Speaker, “Hydraulic Fracturing: Federal Regulatory and Legal Developments,” Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology’s Research on Environmental Sustainability, April 2012

Publications

Selected Publications

•Author, “Energy-Water Nexus,” Essentials of Texas Water Resources, 2009, 2012, 2016 eds.

•Author, “Radioactive Materials and Wastes and Radiation-Producing Devices,” Texas Practice Series, Environmental Law, 2013-2014 ed.

•Co-author, “The Railroad Commission’s Evolving Water Quality Protection Rules Governing Hydraulic Fracturing,” Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Production, State Bar of Texas, 2013

•Co-author, “The Texas Water-Energy Nexus: Water for Energy and Energy for Water in a Growing Texas,” Changing Face of Water Rights Course, State Bar of Texas, 2013

•Co-author, “Shale Play Hydraulic Fracturing: Emerging Water Resource and Regulatory Issues,” Water Quality and Wetlands, American Bar Association, March 2012

•Author, “Clean Air Act: EPA Proposes Stricter Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards,” TACA Conveyor, Winter 2010