Renu Gupta is counsel in the Environmental and Land Use Group and works closely with the firm’s Renewable Energy Group. Ms. Gupta has handled environmental review and permitting matters involved in the siting, construction and operation of energy infrastructure projects, such as the development of wind and conventional power generation facilities, LNG import terminals, natural gas pipelines and electric power transmission lines. Ms. Gupta’s practice involves the negotiation of renewable energy credit purchase and sale agreements for wind, biomass and other renewable power generation facilities. She also has extensive experience with conducting environmental due diligence for mergers, acquisitions and other commercial transactions, and she routinely advises clients on environmental compliance matters.

Ms. Gupta has represented clients on matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Minerals Management Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and other federal and state environmental and land use agencies. She has experience with issues under the National Environmental Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act, as well as other federal and state environmental laws and regulations.

Ms. Gupta received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Houston in 1994, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif, and she served as a research editor for the Houston Journal of International Law. She received her B.A. in 1989 from Rice University. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Texas.