Energy regulation: electric power

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Client Satisfaction

McDermott Will & Emery LLP‘s energy regulation offering comprises transmission, interconnection, and reliability issues in addition to litigation and investigations by authorities such as FERC and CFTC. The firm also covers renewable energy generation and transactions within the power market. The Washington DC-based team is headed jointly by Neil Levy, who counts independent power producers, marketers, and merchant transmission developers among his clients, and David Tewksbury, who is particularly well versed in regulatory issues pertaining to rules for organized bid-based electricity markets. Operational, compliance, and regulatory matters are routinely handled by Stephanie Lim, while Bruce Richardson stands out for his expertise relating to cost-based ratemaking and reliability must-run. Robert Lamkin left the team in May 2024.

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Key clients

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
AltaGas Services (U.S.) Inc.
Apex Clean Energy, Inc.
BlueWave Energy
Calpine
Clearway Group
Clearway Energy
Cordia, LLC
ConnectGen LLC
CPV
Distributed Solar Development, LLC
Eastern Generation, LLC
Enfinity Global, Inc.
Eolian, L.P.
EPSA
Empire Generating Company, LLC
Empower Energies
GenOn
Global Infrastructure Partners
Hubbell Power Systems, Inc.
Hull Street Energy, LLC
Indeck Energy Services, Inc.
Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc.
Invenergy LLC
J-POWER
Jupiter Power
Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC
Longview Power, LLC
LS Power
Mammoth North LLC
Marubeni Power International, Inc.
Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc.
Montour Solar One LLC
NEPGA
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
NRG
Omnis Fuel Technologies, LLC
Onyx Renewable Partners L.P.
Pirlo Energy Holdings, LLC
Pine Gate Renewables, LLC
P3
Primergy Solar LLC
ReEnergy Holdings LLC
REV
Safari Energy
SB Energy
SK E&C BETEK Corporation
Talen
Tenaska
TerraForm Power, LLC
Vistra Energy Corp.

Work highlights

Represented EPSA, Calpine, CPV, Eastern Gen, J-POWER, LS Power, NRG, and P3 in proceedings before FERC and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Third Circuit with respect to offer-floor mitigation rules for the PJM Interconnection capacity market.
Represented affiliates of CPV, J-POWER, LS Power, and REV in connection with non-performance penalties arising out of Winter Storm Elliott.
Represented the affiliates of clients including Advanced Power, CPV, GenOn, Indeck, and J-POWER in numerous FERC proceedings to obtain, defend, modify, or transfer reactive power service revenue requirements.