Griffiths, PC
Energy Law & Infrastructure Development

Griffiths, PC

Expert insight for an evolving grid.

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About the Firm

Backed by over 20 years of industry experience, our firm provides high-quality advice and creative solutions to modern problems. Through our actions, we strive to deliver responsive, effective, and knowledgeable legal services and make great contributions to the communities we live and work in.

Our boutique law firm provides specialized legal counsel, regulatory support, and business services for grid-scale renewable energy, electric infrastructure development, and data center issues.

Wind turbines in an open field
Working across the United States
Practice Areas

Purpose-Driven, Future-Focused

Providing thoughtful, forward-looking legal counsel to clients shaping the future of the energy sector.

The firm offers expertise in power supply agreements, cost analysis, interconnection facilities, regulatory compliance, and electric power law — spanning renewable generation projects, electricity procurement, distributed energy resources, contract negotiation, and rate-setting.

Energy infrastructure landscape

Electric Utility Generation Offtakes, Development & Interconnection

  • Siting / Permitting
  • Contracting / Negotiations
  • Legal & Regulatory Compliance
  • Transmission / Distribution Interconnections
  • Contract Performance & Invoice Calculation Enforcement

Notable: North America’s largest solar+storage facility; hydro projects including Boulder Canyon and Central Valley renewals; wind, solar, battery, and waste-to-energy projects.

Electric Product Transactions

  • Negotiation, Drafting & Enforcement
  • EEI / WSPP / ISDA & Custom Forms
  • Renewable Energy Credits & Green Attributes
  • Resource Adequacy
  • Congestion Revenue Rights

Notable: Early BESS Resource Adequacy agreements; large PCC1 REC arrangements.

Load Development & Interconnection

  • System Impact & Facility Studies
  • Engineering Agreements
  • Interconnection / Transmission Provider Agreements
  • Behind-the-Meter Generation
  • Demand Response & Community Generation

Notable: Data center developments nationwide.

Energy Law & Regulations

  • California: CAISO, CEC, CPUC, ARB
  • Regional / Nationwide: FERC, WECC, NERC
  • Rate-Setting & Resource Planning
  • Municipal Utility Law
  • Transmission / Distribution Tariffs

Notable: FERC Transmission Owner Tariff proceedings; CAISO stakeholder initiatives.

Urban energy landscape
Changing Landscape

Built for what comes next.

The rapid deployment of data centers and electric vehicles is reshaping how power is generated, delivered, and regulated. We guide our clients through these transitions with informed, forward-looking counsel.

Meet Our Team

People-Focused, Expertise-Driven

Dan Griffiths

Dan Griffiths

Attorney

Dan provides legal counsel on transactions, energy projects, and regulatory advocacy, with a background in commercial transactions, renewable energy, and project finance.

B.A. Business Economics, UC Santa Barbara
J.D., UC Davis School of Law
California State Bar; admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Sandeep Bhateja

Sandeep Bhateja

Engineer & Project Manager

Sandeep offers engineering, analyst, and project management support for energy projects, with expertise spanning power purchase agreements, contract compliance, and regulatory analysis. Previously project manager at PG&E, managing an $85M+ portfolio, and region engineer at SoCalGas.

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, UCLA
Rory Crowley

Rory Crowley

Analyst & Project Manager

Rory specializes in renewable project agreements, asset management, construction, and regulatory compliance.

B.A. International Affairs, UC Davis
Blake Engleman

Blake Engleman

Associate Attorney

Blake conducts regulatory compliance research, drafts transactional documents, and analyzes clean energy funding initiatives, with a background in environmental policy, energy law, and infrastructure matters. He supports environmental, corporate, and infrastructure projects at the firm.

B.S. Environmental Studies, University of Oregon
J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law — Law Merit Scholarship recipient
Joyce Chen

Joyce Chen

Law Clerk

Joyce is a J.D. candidate supporting regulatory, transactional, and legal research, with a background in energy, trade, and public policy.

J.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley School of Law — expected May 2026
Anna Meier

Anna Meier

Technical Analyst

Anna brings over a decade of experience in finance, underwriting, and complex transaction analysis to contract review, settlement analysis, and research supporting renewable energy projects.

B.S. Business Administration, San Francisco State University
Graduate coursework in energy economics, energy technology & financial management
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
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San Francisco

2181 Greenwich Street
San Francisco, CA 94123

Sebastopol

101 Morris Street
Sebastopol, CA 95472
(415) 302-8004 contact@griffithspc.com