Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in Energy Law (2019-2023) and as a Rising Star in Energy & Resources by Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (2013-2015), Chris represents clients in the energy industry before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and federal courts.
Chris has a wide-ranging energy practice. He has particular experience in transactional support (Section 203 of the Federal Power Act) and competition-related issues related to mergers and acquisitions and FERC’s market-based rate program. In addition, Chris works on transmission-related issues such as transmission rate cases, reactive power compensation, generator interconnections, affiliate transactions, OATT compliance and Standards of Conduct, as well as FERC compliance and audit defense matters.
Chris’s recent appellate experience includes successfully briefing and arguing Ameren Services Co. v. FERC in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Energy M&A
Transmission and Generation Cost-of-Service/Rate Cases
Energy Markets
Other Transmission/OATT Issues
Representative matters may include engagements before joining Troutman Pepper.
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05.18.23
Energy Storage Firms Face Up to Growing Pains in Booming US Battery Market
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05.17.23
Taking Charge: Inside the U.S. Battery Boom
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05.10.23
Troutman Pepper Launches Website and Video Series to Track Developments in Energy Law
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06.27.22
FERC Interconnection NOPR Proposes Various Reforms
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04.27.22
Summary of FERC's April 2022 NOPR on Transmission Planning, Cost Allocation, and Generator Interconnection
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01.18.22
Law360 Recognizes Troutman Pepper Practices as 2021 Practice Groups of the Year