Carlos Carrasco

Carlos Carrasco is a partner in the Energy, Power and Natural Resources Practice Group in the Austin and San Antonio offices of Haynes Boone. He represents electric cooperatives, retail electric providers, renewable energy generators, and energy storage developers in a variety of energy transactions and electric power regulatory matters in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market, with a focus on proceedings before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT).

Carlos has assisted clients in transactions and regulatory matters involving renewable energy projects including utility-scale solar, wind, and energy storage projects. Carlos has assisted clients in the negotiation of Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) agreements, energy management and services agreements, interconnection agreements, and a variety of long-term power purchase and sale agreements including Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreements for hedging and power trading. He also advises clients on PUCT, ERCOT, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations and requirements and on wholesale transactions and operations in the energy-only ERCOT market.

Carlos advises developers of data centers, powered-land projects, and other large-load facilities on Texas electric power regulatory and transactional matters. His experience includes negotiating utility agreements for the financing and construction of transmission facilities required for large-load interconnections; structuring utility-scale dispatchable generation to serve data centers and other large loads; and assisting with regulatory matters and project structuring for powered-land developments serving data center operations across Texas. He also advises clients on the regulatory and commercial requirements of ERCOT’s Batch Zero process and assists with the preparation and review of Batch Zero submissions and supporting documentation.

Prior to joining the firm, Carlos worked at the PUCT in the agency’s Commission Advising division where he analyzed legal and policy issues and provided oral and written recommendations to the Commission on contested cases before the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) regarding electric and water utilities.