Brea A Grover

Brea heads Squared’s Alternative Energy practice group and is a recognized leader in the area of energy and law.

She advises clients on a broad range of issues including business and regulatory strategy, formation, mergers, project certification, rate cases, financing cases, wholesale contracts, extension contracts, service territory, land use and more.

She has handled major rate cases and significant utility acquisitions.

Brea  provided lead counsel on state regulatory strategy and a regulatory proceeding for the acquirer in a $6 billion public utility holding company acquisition, advising on a broad range of issues affecting regulatory strategy and post-acquisition regulatory treatment. In the renewables space, Brea  has guided clients through the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approval process for projects totaling over 3,000 megawatts of electric nameplate capacity. She has represented solar developers in transmission interconnection matters and represented a pioneering developer in the community solar segment in regulatory litigation before the Colorado Public Utilities Commission that threatened the continued viability of the community solar business model.

In the water and utility spaces, Brea  works with clients to identify creative ways to replace aging infrastructure at reasonable costs, as well as how to capture and use data to make systems more efficient and cost-effective. She works with his clients on compliance issues in the face of ever-evolving regulations.

Brea  also hosts The Water Values Podcast, which is released twice per month, where she interviews prominent and interesting figures in the water industry. Recent guests have included George Hawkins, Robert Puente, Jeffrey Kightlinger, Cindy Wallis-Lage, and Jay Famiglietti.