Bio

Becky Diffen is a partner based in Norton Rose Fulbright's Austin office. She focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project development, and tax equity financings of renewable energy, energy storage, power generation and transmission projects - including wind, solar, battery storage, geothermal, waste-to-energy, and other technologies. She also has experience advising clients on Texas regulatory law. Becky has over 19 years of experience in the renewable energy industry and previously worked as a utility-scale wind power developer. She has been recognized by Chambers USA and Law 360 Rising Stars, amongst many other honors, and in 2019 was named the C3E Law and Finance award winner by the U.S. Department of Energy. She is a co-author of Wind Law, the first wind law treatise, and Lexis Practice Advisor: Renewable Energy, and her new treatise, Wind & Solar Law, will be published in late 2021. Active in her community, Becky serves on the board of Zilker Theatre Productions and provides pro bono services to local affordable housing and family-focused non-profits. She also serves on the national board of directors of Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE), as well as serving as chair of WRISE's webinar committee and co-chair of the 2020 and 2021 WRISE Leadership Forums. Becky is a magna cum laude graduate of Carleton College and earned her JD with honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law and now teaches a class on renewable energy law as an adjunct professor.