Experience where land meets infrastructure.

Jay supported acquisition and gen-tie land efforts for Darden, a utility-scale solar and battery storage project in western Fresno County, south of the community of Cantua Creek. The gen-tie work centered on securing land rights along a private-land corridor connecting the project to the PG&E transmission system.

• Approximately 1,150 MW solar PV with up to 4,600 MWh of battery energy storage
• Roughly 9,500 acres of retired agricultural land in western Fresno County
• Approximately 15-mile, 500 kV gen-tie line within a roughly 200-foot easement on private lands
• Interconnects to the PG&E Los Banos–Midway #2 500 kV line through a new switchyard to be transferred to PG&E
• First project certified under the California Energy Commission Opt-In program (June 2025)

Public project details: California Energy Commission project page

Jay supported the mineral campaign for the Rosenfeld Project, working through mineral ownership research, owner outreach, and document coordination so surface development could move forward with mineral interests addressed. Detailed public information on this project is limited, so specifics are intentionally kept general.

• Identification and outreach to mineral interest holders
• Coordination of title, parcel, and ownership documentation
• Communication between mineral owners and the project land team

Jay provided valuation support on utility work for Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas and Electric, including comparable sales research, waiver valuation preparation, and organization of easement, parcel, map, and legal-description materials for the responsible valuation professionals.

• Comparable sales research for easement and fee acquisitions
• Waiver valuation preparation support
• Parcel, map, and legal-description document coordination

Jay supported survey access and landowner outreach for Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables in Imperial Valley, where the company operates geothermal power plants in the Salton Sea geothermal field and is advancing direct lithium extraction from geothermal brine. The work centered on communicating with landowners, coordinating access for survey activity, and practical follow-up as infrastructure plans met private property.

• Landowner communication and survey access coordination in the Salton Sea geothermal field
• BHE Renewables owns and operates 10 geothermal power plants in the Salton Sea area
• The company is pursuing commercial lithium production from geothermal brine through a joint venture with TerraLithium

Jay provided land coordination for battery energy storage work involving Energy Dome, developer of the CO2 Battery long-duration storage technology, and BayWa r.e., a global renewable energy developer and independent power producer. The work included parcel information, property documents, and communication between project teams and landowners as storage projects moved toward development.

• Parcel research and property document coordination for battery storage sites
• Communication between project teams and landowners
• Energy Dome’s CO2 Battery delivers long-duration storage of 10 to 24 hours and counts Google among its strategic investors
• BayWa r.e. is active in 34 countries, with more than 6 GW of renewable energy brought online globally