Overview
Jonathan Wright is a member of the Energy Group who counsels clients on a range of transactional and regulatory matters.
Jonathan counsels industry-leading developers, investors and lenders in the development and financing of energy and carbon infrastructure assets, as well as mergers and acquisitions concerning such assets. Jonathan's practice particular focuses on wind and solar generating facilities, battery storage projects and carbon removal and storage ventures.
Jonathan also assists clients in various industries with virtual and physical power purchases, voluntary carbon credit transactions, and fuel supply arrangements. He has experience negotiating sustainability-linked loans on behalf of corporate clients, and has counselled professional sports industry clients in several secured debt financings with a combined value of over $6 billion.
In addition, Jonathan counsels clients on electric and natural gas matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), where he previously served as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel. He specializes in matters involving corporate transactions, generator interconnection and utility rate proposals.
- District of Columbia
- New York
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2013
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2010
Representative Matters
- Lender in $160 million project financing of portfolio of 40 distributed battery storage projects in southern California.
- US wind power subsidiary of global energy company in sale of three wind projects totalling 260 MW in west Texas.
- Kenyan private equity fund in acquisition of majority interest in first utility-scale, independent power project in Sierra Leone.
- Fortune 500 industrial company in negotiation of $2.5 billion sustainability-linked debt financing.
- Heavy-duty machinery manufacturer in negotiation of virtual power purchase agreement with developer of 303 MW wind project in central Oklahoma.
- Fortune 50 company in negotiation of several voluntary carbon credit purchase agreements in furtherance of corporate net-zero goals.
- Voluntary carbon project developer in negotiation of exclusive marketing and sales arrangement for project offtake.
- Volta River Authority in re-negotiation of international gas sales agreement and contracts pertinent to operation of West African Gas Pipeline project.
- Sub-Saharan African state-owned utility in proposed restructuring to multi-business holding company.
- Texas-based subsidiary of Fortune 100 company in corporate debt structuring and purchase of 1,260 MW gas-fired generation facility.
- Fortune 1000 independent power company before FERC with respect to proposed reliability must-run agreement with the California Independent System Operator for 248 MW gas-fired facility.
- Global investment management company with respect to obtaining blanket authorization from FERC to acquire securities of FERC-jurisdictional public utilities and holding companies.
- Developer of 200 MW wind project in western Oklahoma in successful protest of unexecuted generator interconnection agreement filed with FERC by transmission provider.
- Consortia of industrial companies before FERC with respect to proposed rate increases by interstate natural gas pipelines.
* Includes matters handled prior to joining Steptoe.
News & Publications
Client Alerts
Executive Orders Target Regulatory Reduction: Effects on FERC-Regulated Energy Sector
April 28, 2025
By: Daniel A. Mullen, Karen Bruni, William M. Keyser, Jonathan Wright, Alex Kaung Myat Ahkar
Professional Affiliations
- Energy Bar Association