- Represented a utility in designing and implementing one of the largest voluntary solar energy procurement programs in the U.S. We continue to represent the utility in procuring utility-scale and distributed-generation solar resources totaling more than 735 megawatts to be placed in service over a four-year period, substantially increasing the amount of cost-effective solar energy resources in the state in the absence of a mandated renewable portfolio standard.
- Represented a midstream energy client in obtaining Railroad Commission of Texas approval for the Trinity Gas Storage natural gas storage project, a critical component in the effort to enhance energy infrastructure and security in Texas.
- Represented a utility in a rate case and negotiated a settlement whereby the state commission approved, without modification, a three-year accounting order that provided the stable and constructive rates and timely recovery needed to make the significant capital investments deemed appropriate by the state commission.
- Represented a utility in an integrated resource planning and demand-side management program proceeding and negotiated a settlement whereby the state commission approved the utility’s environmental compliance program to retire over 2,000 megawatts of coal- and oil-fired power plants and certified several demand-side/energy efficiency programs estimated to reduce peak demand by approximately 2,000 megawatts.
- Obtained certification of one of the first two new nuclear facilities to be constructed in the U.S. in the past two decades. We continue to represent this client before the state public service commission through the commission’s ongoing construction monitoring process.
- Represented two utilities in connection with their separate applications before their respective state regulatory agencies for recovery of accounting for early development costs related to the development of new nuclear power plants.
- Represented a large utility client and obtained a settlement in a recent fuel cost recovery case.
- Obtained approval to construct an 800-megawatt supercritical pulverized coal (“clean coal” technology) facility, over strong opposition from environmentalists, the state attorney general, industrial customer organizations, and local press.
- Counseled utility clients in all matters and activities concerning competitive RFPs, including the creation of the RFP criteria and development of the pro forma contracts, negotiations with the winning bidders, preparation of witnesses for certification hearings, and successful contract certification to ensure cost recovery by the state public service commission.
2025 NWHA Fall Regional Workshop
