We know the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) inside and out — and our clients rely on our nationally ranked team to navigate fluctuating national energy and FERC policies and matters before FERC, other federal agencies, and the U.S. Congress.
Our energy clients face complex legal issues related to national energy policies and regulations. For decades, we have serviced these clients with a strong team of attorneys focused exclusively or primarily on federal energy law. Our team’s chief goal is to resolve our clients’ issues efficiently and effectively, without compromising their business objectives.
We represent and advise utilities, power marketers, and market participants on a multitude of issues related to FERC statutes, rules, regulations and orders, including representing clients in compliance, investigations and enforcement proceedings. We advise utilities, utility holding companies, nonutility generators, project developers, transmission owners, upstream investors, and power marketers on regulatory matters related to mergers, acquisitions and asset transactions. We have significant experience providing legal services to transmission-related service providers, and we are a national leader in developing and prosecuting traditional cost-of-service rate cases for transmission and power.
Our FERC regulation experience includes the following areas:
Our firm has participated in the development and implementation of all aspects of federal natural gas regulatory policy over the past quarter century. This includes Order Nos. 436, 636, 637 and 712, FERC’s policy statements pertaining to pipeline certificates, and negotiated rates and FERC's substantially broadened enforcement arena. Additional examples include various infrastructure development initiatives and many precedent-setting individual cases.
We are active in representing electric utilities in obtaining and maintaining market-based rate authority, developing energy imbalance markets, and complying with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and regional entity reliability rules. Our attorneys also counsel utilities concerning a variety of topics involving investigations/audits by FERC’s Office of Enforcement and in implementing FERC’s Order No. 1000.
We are fully versed on FERC’s Order Nos. 2003 (large generator interconnections) and 2006 (small generator interconnections), along with the varying Regional Transmission Organization (RTO)/Independent System Operators (ISO) interconnection requirements.
Compliance, Investigations and Enforcement
Interconnection
Market-Based Rates
Energy M&A Regulatory Approval
Rate Cases
Reliability and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standards
RTO Markets
Standards of Conduct/Affiliate Relationships
Transmission Compliance and OATT Administration
Transmission Development
Washington Energy Report
04.25.24
Third Circuit Upholds PJM Capacity Market Change but Prevents Retroactive Application
Washington Energy Report
04.24.24
D.C. Circuit upholds FERC orders granting natural gas pipeline companies’ requests to extend project deadlines.
Washington Energy Report
04.24.24
MISO Seeks to Reform Resource Accreditation Requirements
Washington Energy Report
04.08.24
Driving Change: Scaling Up EVs in the U.S.
Washington Energy Report
04.06.24
FERC Initiates Inquiry into Capacity Allocation on Non-Contiguous Pipeline Segments
Washington Energy Report
04.05.24
FERC Proposes to Largely Eliminate Compensation for Reactive Power