Josh’s clients include some of the nation’s largest clean energy investors and developers as well as municipal and state governments and other public sector entities. For example, his recent experience includes:

• Representing The Nature Conservancy with respect to acquisition and preparation of surrender and decommissioning plans for four hydroelectric facilities on the Lower Kennebec River in Maine;
• Representing hydropower facility owners in regulatory proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
• Representing major independent power producers in various regulatory proceedings before the Maine Public Utilities Commission; 
• Counseling a renewable energy developer through an interconnection dispute with a Maine utility;
• Providing environmental counsel to a prospective buyer of a large manufacturing facility in Maine;
• Counseling a national land-based wind developer on New York’s permitting requirements and processes to repower six wind facilities;
• Advising battery energy storage system developers in qualifying for Clean Peak Standard and related state programs;
• Advising battery energy storage system developers in navigating municipal law permitting and zoning matters in Massachusetts;
• Assisting in the representation of a Massachusetts state agency in an appeal of the agency’s final decisions regarding a data center;
• Advising Massachusetts municipal and state agencies regarding legislative grants of authority, reorganization, real property transfers, and jurisdictional issues; and
• Advising elected officials with respect to compliance with state ethics and campaign finance laws.

Josh frequently writes articles about major clean energy policy developments with an emphasis on offshore wind, battery and other energy storage systems, state-level climate leadership, interstate cooperation, and large-scale transmission. Josh serves on the boards of the Maine Renewable Energy Association and the Maine Seacoast Mission.

In addition to energy and environmental matters, Josh’s general administrative law and regulatory practice spans other highly regulated activities, including state attorney general matters; state and federal ethics and campaign finance compliance; state and federal lobbying compliance; and cannabis licensing. He has also advised various clients in receiving or maintaining women-owned, diversity-owned, and related certifications for minority-owned businesses.

Prior to joining the firm, Josh received a dual JD/MBA with a central focus on energy, climate, and business. Josh provided consulting services for several highly entrepreneurial small businesses, nonprofits, research and development organizations, and state and municipal government organizations in Maine, including the Maine International Trade Center and the Maine Governor’s Energy Office (now the Maine Department of Energy Resources). He also worked at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center for nearly 10 years on a project to commercialize floating offshore wind technology in the Gulf of Maine.

He served as a city councilor in Bangor, Maine, from 2013 to 2016. He also served on the board of directors of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra—one of the nation’s longest continually operating professional orchestras—during the same period.