Kipp A. Coddington

Kipp Coddington represents investors in and developers of conventional and renewable energy projects in the United States and abroad. His conventional energy experience focuses on projects with a carbon management component. His renewable energy experience focuses on projects that monetize carbon reductions, such as the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation programs.

He is considered to be a leading expert on carbon capture and storage (CCS). Kipp was a testifying Clean Air Act expert on behalf of Peabody Energy in the 2010 proceeding of the Colorado Public Utility Commission regarding implementation of that state’s “Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act.” He led the formation of and is counsel to the North American Carbon Capture & Storage Association. In April 2007, he testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on CCS long-term stewardship. In early 2010, the State of California invited Kipp to serve on its CCS Review Panel. He is a member of the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission’s CCS Task Force and has assisted on recent CCS-reports issued by the National Coal Council. He currently is developing a course for the University of Wyoming entitled “CCS Regulatory and Legal Frameworks.”

He has nearly twenty years of experience advising mobile and stationary sources under the Clean Air Act, including both criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas issues. His mobile source practice focuses on fleet issues. Kipp represented the American Automotive Leasing Association and National Association of Fleet Administrators, Inc. in Engine Mfrs. Ass’n v. South Coast Air Quality Management District, 124 S. Ct. 1756 (2004). He teaches sustainability courses to the National Association of Fleet Management and provides frequent energy/environmental policy briefings to the American Fleet & Leasing Association.

He is listed in: (1) Chambers 2011 Nationwide (Band 1); (2) Chambers 2011 District of Columbia (Band 5); (3) Best Lawyers in America; and (4) 2011 Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers.

Kipp received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1993. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering, with highest distinction, from Purdue University in 1986, where he received the Outstanding Senior Engineer award. He is a member of the State Bars of the District of Columbia and Virginia.

He is the author of numerous articles, including most recently: (1) Supplement to the Recommendations of the California CCS Review Panel (January 2011); (2) A Policy, Legal, and Regulatory Evaluation of the Feasibility of a National Pipeline Infrastructure for the Transport and Storage of Carbon Dioxide (IOGCC, January 2011) (principal co-author); (3) Getting the Deal Through®, Climate Regulation 2009, 2010; and (4) Low-Carbon Coal: Meeting U.S. Energy, Employment and CO₂ Emission Goals With 21^st Century Technologies (National Coal Council, December 2009) (co-author of section 6, CCS legal/regulatory issues).

Follow Kipp's blogs at http://fossilenergyreport.blogspot.com/.

Representative Experience

• Testified as Clean Air Act expert in major coal/natural gas public utilities commission proceeding.
• Counseled major coal company on CCS legal and policy issues.
• Advised major utility trade association on biomass issues.
• Represented major truck rental and leasing association in EPA/NHTSA rulemaking regarding GHG emissions from and fuel consumption by heavy-duty trucks.
• Represented landowner in transaction regarding acquisition of pore space.