Peter Lacouture has practiced law in Providence since 1972 and has been with Robinson & Cole since 2009. He represents clients in siting and permitting large infrastructure projects, negotiating cultural resource agreements related to such projects, and developing standard contracts for distributed generation facilities in Rhode Island. He practices before state and local agencies, including the Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board, the Public Utilities Commission, the Department of Environmental Management, and municipal zoning and planning boards. He has argued numerous cases before the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Mr. Lacouture has also been involved in many public service, charitable, and pro bono activities in Rhode Island and nationally through the American Bar Association. Mr. Lacouture’s varied professional affiliations and community commitments include serving as editor of the annual report of the American Bar Association’s Section of Public Utility, Communications, and Transportation Law and serving on the board of trustees to the Rhode Island Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. He was a founder and president of the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association. He is also very involved in the town of Exeter where he has lived for 35 years. He is an active volunteer firefighter and president and deputy chief of Exeter Volunteer Fire Company No. 2. He is also chair of the Exeter Fire District and has served as the Exeter Town moderator since 1992.

EDUCATION

—	LL.B., University of Virginia School of Law
—	B.A., Yale University

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

—	American Bar Association, Section of Public Utility, Communications, and Transportation Law; Secretary of section and Editor of Annual Report
—	Rhode Island Bar Association, Board Member, Fellow

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

—	The Nature Conservancy, Rhode Island Chapter, Board of Trustees and Finance Liaison, 2004 to present
—	Exeter Fire District, Chair, Board of Commissioners, 2005 to Present
—	Exeter, Rhode Island, Home Rule Charter Commission, Vice Chair, Member
—	Town of Exeter, Rhode Island, Moderator
—	Exeter, Rhode Island, Volunteer Fire Company #2, President, Deputy Chief

HONORS AND AWARDS

—	Rhode Island Bar Association Ralph P. Semonoff Award for Professionalism, 2012
—	AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated in Martindale-Hubbell™ in the areas of Public Utility Law; Energy and Environmental Law; and Zoning, Planning and Land Use Law (Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings is a trademark. AV Preeminent is a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc.)
—	Listed in Rhode Island Super Lawyers® in the area of Energy & National Resources Law since 2010 (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.)
—	Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Energy Law since 2007 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC)