Kipp Coddington is a partner in the Energy Infrastructure, Climate Change and Technology Group. He represents clients in climate change transactions and provides advice under various carbon dioxide regulatory schemes in the United States and abroad. He is experienced in the negotiation of Emission Reduction Purchase Agreements and leads deal teams on numerous transactions under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism.
Mr. Coddington represents project developers in various major infrastructure projects involving carbon management (typically the geologic storage of carbon dioxide), such as coal-to-liquids. He is frequently asked to advise on issues related to carbon capture and storage both in the United States and abroad.
He is counsel to the North American Carbon Capture & Storage Association.
Mr. Coddington is a frequent commentator on climate change and air quality issues. He is also a frequent speaker at the annual Carbon Flood Conferences/Carbon Management Workshops in Midland, Texas. In April 2006, he taught a continuing education class on carbon management for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. He has testified before the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee (MWAQC) and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority on regional air quality issues. He chairs the Environmental Subcommittee of the Greater Washington Board of Trade’s Environment & Transportation Committee and is a member of MWAQC’s Technical Advisory Committee, the entity that prepares State Implementation Plans for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region (Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.).