Energy Law - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Our Energy area attorneys have substantial experience in all aspects of natural gas and electric regulatory practice before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, including:
- Complex administrative litigation involving natural gas pipeline and electric utility rate and service issues in which we work closely with expert witnesses in the development of highly technical engineering, environmental, and economic evidence.
- Large and small groups of parties organized to pursue common litigation objectives, in which we facilitate intra-group consensus building.
- Major policymaking and restructuring developments and initiatives involving the electric and natural gas industries.
- Informal advocacy groups, including an extraordinary coalition of all major gas pipeline and electric utility customer groups that advocated successfully for new FERC procedures governing the consideration of complaints filed against FERC-regulated entities.
- Implications of FERC rules and policies for managing their electric and gas businesses and strategic planning initiatives.
- Obtaining necessary FERC approvals, including: certificates to construct and operate natural gas pipeline facilities and services under Natural Gas Act §; Federal Power Act § 203 authority to transfer jurisdictional facilities ratemaking approvals under Natural Gas Act § 4 and Federal Power Act § 205; certification of Qualified Facility (QF) status under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act ; requests for waivers and declaratory orders.