Jennifer K. Roy

Ms. Roy’s representative work includes:

• Multiple major transmission line projects before the California Public Utilities Commission, including approvals from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Army Corps of Engineers
• Obtaining and defending multiple agency approvals for 50 million gallon per day desalination projects in Southern California
• Agency approvals and litigation for a desalination and water supply project in Monterey County
• Entitlements and environmental approvals for mixed-use development projects in Southern California
• Development and environmental review of liquified natural gas export and pipeline facilities in Louisiana

Thought Leadership

• Speaker, "Expansion of Transmission Grid Needed to Support Reliability and Renewable Integration," October 2023
• Co-author, “Interior Department Excludes Incidental Take Liability Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act,” Latham’s Clean Energy Law Report, January 2018
• Co-author, “U.S. Army Corps Reissues Fifty Existing and Two New Nationwide Permits,” Latham’s Clean Energy Law Report, April 2017
• Co-author, “California Supreme Court: CEQA Requires Study of Potential Impacts to ESHA,” Latham Client Alert, April 2017
• Co-author, “US Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Eagle Rule Revision,” Latham’s Clean Energy Law Report, January 2017
• Co-author, “US Fish and Wildlife Service Moves Forward With Proposed Eagle Rule Revision,” Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, September 2016
• Co-author, “BLM Moves Forward with Phase I of Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan,” Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, September 2016
• Co-author, “6 Key Takeaways from the FWS's Proposed Update to the Eagle Act Rules,” Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, May 2016
• Co-author, “A Step Toward Expediting California Clean Energy Permits,” Law360, 2014
• Co-author, “California Coastal Commission Further Solidifies Enforcement Powers,” Latham Client Alert, 2014
• Co-author, “Proposed Revisions to Regulations for Eagle Take Permits Hold Promise of Greater Take Authorization for Renewable Energy Developers,” Latham Client Alert, 2012
• Co-author, “Compliance with the Clean Water Act: 2012 Modifications and Updated to US Army Corps Nationwide Permits,” Latham Client Alert, 2012
• Co-author, “The Architecture of Global Environmental Governance: Pros and Cons of Multiplicity,” Global Environmental Governance: Perspectives on the Current Debate (Lydia Swart and Estelle Perry, eds.), 2007
• Co-author, “Towards Institutional Symbiosis: Business and the United Nations in Environmental Governance,” 16 Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 2, 2007