Monica focuses her practice on energy regulatory matters, representing natural gas pipelines, electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, and renewable energy developers in matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and state regulators. She provides litigation support in FERC rate proceedings and advises on compliance with the Federal Power Act, the Natural Gas Act (including Section 7 abandonment authorizations), and related federal statutes.
Monica’s experience also includes drafting engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreements; energy project permitting; negotiating leases for solar and battery storage facilities; filing utility easements with local jurisdictions; managing interconnection applications with the respective utility; and submitting utility-scale facility bids in response to state requests for proposals.