Energy regulation: electric power

Catherine McCarthy

Catherine McCarthy has represented asset owners and others on energy regulation and policy matters for more than two decades. She chairs Bracewell's Energy Regulatory Department and is the current Chair Elect of the American Bar Association's Infrastructure and Regulated Industries Section. Her experience includes obtaining Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and state authorizations for major projects and transactions; FERC compliance and enforcement matters; FERC transmission and centralized markets issues; and rate, tariff and refund matters. She also represents energy clients before the Department of Energy, the Federal Communications Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Stephanie Lim

Stephanie S. Lim represents independent power producers, power marketers, trade associations, and others in a wide variety of regulatory matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), courts of appeal and state public utility commissions. She counsels clients on the structure of electricity markets and the design of capacity markets. Stephanie also represents private equity clients and power producers on transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions. Stephanie focuses her practice on operational and compliance issues, as well as matters arising under the Federal Power Act, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, and the rules of regional transmission organizations and independent system operators. Stephanie represents clients in proceedings before FERC regarding the design and application of market rules. She also counsels clients in obtaining FERC authorization to sell electric energy, capacity, and ancillary services at market-based rates, exempt wholesale generator and qualifying facility status, and transfers of FERC-jurisdictional assets. In addition, Stephanie assists clients with regulatory and transactional aspects of electric generation and transmission project development and financing.

Adrienne L. Thompson

Emil Barth

Partner

Tyler S. Johnson

Ty Johnson counsels domestic and international energy clients in energy regulatory matters and in offshore wind development and permitting. In his energy regulatory practice, Ty advises on the regulatory regimes administered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the US Department of Energy, as well as other federal and state agencies. He represents energy marketers and transmission owners in matters involving compliance with the Federal Power Act, and he represents clients involved in regulatory litigation before FERC and in related appellate litigation. Ty works with clients on energy regulatory developments in the Northwest and the Western United States, with a focus on transmission and rate matters related to the Bonneville Power Administration and in related appellate proceedings. He is experienced with FERC’s natural gas transportation regulations, including with tariff and certificate proceedings, compliance audits and enforcement proceedings. He has also advised clients on numerous aspects of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports and exports, including Department of Energy licensing and FERC certificate proceedings.

Andrew Stuyvenberg

Drew Stuyvenberg is an energy regulatory associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Drew advises energy and financial industry clients in a variety of regulatory and transactional matters under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Department of Energy (DOE), state public utility commissions, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Drew has counseled clients in regional transmission organization tariff disputes, worked to secure FERC approval for mergers and acquisitions under Federal Power Act (FPA) section 203, advised on regulatory risks in natural gas and oil pipeline investments, counseled on Natural Gas Act (NGA) regulations and policies, supported electric rate proceedings under the FPA, and assisted clients in receiving natural gas and electric export authorizations. He has also provided nuclear regulatory counsel for mergers, acquisitions, and international trade matters. Drew regularly provides advice regarding compliance with the FPA, the NGA, the Interstate Commerce Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, the Atomic Energy Act and agency implementing regulations under each statute.

Brooksany Barrowes

Brooksany represents clients in transactional and regulatory matters in energy and infrastructure and in energy commodity markets. She has worked on cases before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, state public utility commissions including the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Department of Energy, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and federal and state courts. Brooksany works with a range of energy industry clients, including energy trading companies, renewable and conventional electric generation and transmission owners, energy storage developers, natural gas and oil pipeline companies and public utilities. Brooksany also represents major financial investors in the energy industry. Brooksany’s recent experience includes representing clients acquiring or investing in large renewables and energy storage portfolios; securing FERC approval for corporate reorganizations or acquisitions under the Federal Power Act section 203; PURPA, EWG and QF advice; litigating various ISO/RTO tariff proceedings, complaints, rate proceedings and rulemakings; and advising clients acquiring or releasing natural gas transportation and storage services and structuring asset management agreements. She also has represented clients in FERC and NERC audits, assisted in internal investigations and developed regulatory compliance programs.

John Decker

Partner

Natasha Gianvecchio

Partner

William Hollaway

Dr. William R. Hollaway is chair of Gibson Dunn’s Energy Regulation and Litigation practice. He is also a leader in Gibson Dunn’s Energy Power and Renewables practice, focused on the federal and state regulatory aspects of electric utility mergers and acquisitions, financing, and project development. Bill handles a broad range of energy development, transactional and regulatory matters. His deep legal and technical understanding of energy include power generation and transmission and he has extensive transactional and regulatory experience in renewable power, storage, transmission, and traditional power. Bill has experience with energy M&A including structuring, due diligence, contracts and agreements and a full command of FERC and state regulation, including PJM, ERCOT and other RTOs. Bill's expertise in administrative litigation, includes approvals, rate cases, protests and complaints. He advises on nuclear matters and transactions under NRC and state regulations.

Christopher R. Jones

Neil Levy

Partner Neil L. Levy focuses his practice on energy-related regulatory and transactional matters. He represents independent power producers, electric power and natural gas marketers, merchant transmission developers, interstate pipelines and local distribution companies before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), state public utility commissions and the courts of appeal. Neil regularly represents private equity clients in merger and acquisition transactions in the energy sector. He also focuses on representing clients in energy-related investigations and audits before FERC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Neil advises clients in regulatory, administrative litigation and transactional issues arising under the Federal Power Act, the Natural Gas Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. In addition, he assists clients with drafting and negotiating electric power and natural gas supply contracts, electric and natural gas interconnection agreements, transmission service agreements, and capacity release agreements. Please visit our website for further details: https://www.mwe.com/people/levy-neil-l/

Jay Ryan

Partner

David G. Tewksbury

Partner David G. Tewksbury focuses his practice on federal energy regulatory law, particularly as it relates to electric power. He advises independent power producers, power marketers, trade associations and others on a wide range of federal energy regulatory, markets and reliability matters. David handles issues arising under various federal and state laws, including the Federal Power Act, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, the Natural Gas Act, the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. His portfolio of transactional matters include electric power and natural gas supply contracts, transmission service agreements, interconnection agreements, pipeline leases and capacity release agreements, mergers and acquisitions and bankruptcy restructurings. Please visit our website for more details: https://www.mwe.com/people/tewksbury-david-g/

Michael Yuffee

Partner Section Chair - Energy Regulatory (Firmwide)

Noel Symons