Tyler A. O'Connor
Overview
Tyler O’Connor is an energy litigator and public policy leader in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office, where he represents clients in the courts, in arbitration forums, and before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) and Department of Energy (“DOE”). His recent work includes advising companies on the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, representing clients in rulemakings and on Capitol Hill, and litigating energy disputes at FERC. Washingtonian Magazine named Tyler one of the “500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy in Washington D.C.” in 2023.
Career & Education
- United States House of Representatives
Energy Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Law Clerk
- United States House of Representatives
- Emory University, B.B.A., with distinction, 2011
- Emory University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2014
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
Tyler's Insights
Press Coverage | 04.09.24
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 02.22.24
Crowell Talks Tax: IRA and Government Affairs Updates (VIDEO)
Press Coverage | 01.18.24
Representative Matters
- Successfully representing an independent power producer in a multi-hundred-million-dollar power purchase agreement dispute with a large California utility.
- Securing multiple TROs in state court over the course of one month in bet-the-company litigation on behalf of a company that develops financial products for energy merchants and commodity trading firms.
- Successfully representing a battery storage developer in a FERC dispute involving PJM’s recalibration of its methodology for compensating energy storage projects.
- Successfully resolving numerous rate cases at FERC on behalf of Energy Group clients.
- Obtaining a significant damages award on behalf of a client in a multijurisdictional dispute involving breach of contract and allegations of fraud, ultimately resulting in a favorable global settlement for our client.
- Representing a pipeline in a non-public FERC Office of Enforcement investigation, which was resolved without any further action by the agency.
- Resolving claims by the DOE’s Office of Enforcement against manufacturing clients alleging violations of energy conservation standards under the Energy Policy Conservation Act.
- Securing victory in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on the theory that the government effectuated a taking of a real-estate developer’s property in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Tyler's Insights
Press Coverage | 04.09.24
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 02.22.24
Crowell Talks Tax: IRA and Government Affairs Updates (VIDEO)
Press Coverage | 01.18.24
Tyler's Insights
Press Coverage | 04.09.24
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 02.22.24
Crowell Talks Tax: IRA and Government Affairs Updates (VIDEO)
Press Coverage | 01.18.24