Laura Szabo

Laura’s extensive experience includes:

• Guiding clients on how to structure their ownership or investments in electric assets or electric industry activities to comply with, mitigate, or avoid FERC utility regulation under the Federal Power Act (FPA) and/or the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA).
• Advising clients on FERC regulatory matters arising under a wide range of commercial and corporate energy contracts in transactions involving the development, ownership, and operation of electric energy projects or the acquisition or disposition of ownership interests in electric energy assets or energy companies.
• Assisting companies with obtaining FERC FPA or PUHCA approvals related to the ownership, operation, acquisition or disposition of electric energy assets, including:
  • FPA approvals necessary to sell power (i.e., market-based rate authority), acquire or dispose of direct or indirect ownership interests in generation or transmission assets or companies (i.e., Section 203 approval) or to own or control shared interconnection facility agreements (i.e., Section 205 rate schedule filings), and
  • PUHCA approvals such as for exempt wholesale generator or foreign utility company status.
• Counseling companies with respect to ongoing regulatory FERC compliance.