Areas of Practice
- Climate Change
- Emissions Trading, Carbon Markets, & Offset Project Development
- Strategic Advice & Policy Development
- Electricity
- Energy Technologies
- Advanced Coal & Fossil Fuels
- Energy Efficiency
- Renewable Energy
- Natural Gas
- Certificates & Project Development
- Compliance, Audits & Enforcement
- LNG
- Transactions
- Oil & Products Pipelines
Industries
Client Results
Education
- J.D., Washington College of Law, American University, 1988
- B.A., University of Southern California, 1984
Bar and Court Admissions
- District of Columbia
For This Professional
John J. Buchovecky
Member
Seventh Floor
Washington DC 20007
TEL: 202.298.1887
jjb@vnf.com
John Buchovecky practices in the energy transactional and regulatory areas, focusing on electric and natural gas project development, acquisitions, and regulatory authorization and compliance. His transactional practice includes evaluating project tenders and requests for proposals, and negotiating and preparing project agreements including power sale, fuel supply, transportation, partnership, acquisition and concession agreements. His regulatory practice includes developing regulatory strategies, obtaining federal and state regulatory approvals, and representation in judicial and regulatory forums in matters involving federal and state energy laws affecting project development, financing, ownership and operation.
Current client representations include serving as general counsel to a public-private cooperative venture to develop a large scale zero emission integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) with carbon sequestration, serving as regulatory and special counsel to a major west coast liquefied natural gas receiving terminal and integrated interstate pipeline, advising foreign and domestic clients on emission credit project development and emission credit purchase and sale transactions, advising electric utility clients on regulatory and project structuring issues for merchant transmission projects, representing municipal utility clients on policy positions related to electric industry restructuring, and negotiating wholesale and retail electric power and natural gas supply contracts.
Mr. Buchovecky also is active in international project matters including electric and natural gas distribution system concessions, electric power generation project development and acquisition in emerging markets, and development and implementation of emerging market regulatory structures, with particular emphasis in Latin America.
Professional and Civic Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
- Energy Bar Association