Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
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Provided by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine’s energy practice group provides the complete range of regulatory, transactional, litigation and other dispute resolution services to entities that are actively participating in any aspect of energy markets in California, the District of Columbia, New York, the Pacific Northwest, and across the country.
We advise clients every day on cutting-edge commercial issues related to the transformation of the energy sector and various strategies to mitigate climate change. This past year we have advised on the development and sale of all manner of renewable technologies. We are also helping clients develop technologies intended to decrease the GHG impact of gas generation, including carbon capture and sequestration and hydrogen-fuel blending and conversion.
We advise on the creation and trading of renewable energy credits (RECs), California’s cap and trade program compliance, SEC disclosure requirements, state laws regarding GHG emission reductions, and strategies for marketing the output of GHG-free generating assets. Our clients include: independent power producers, investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities, community choice aggregators, oil pipelines, developers of transmission facilities, buyers and sellers of energy infrastructure projects, regional system operators, retail sellers of electricity and natural gas, large industrial energy consumers, and energy technology companies.
Chambers Review
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP advises utilities, transmission owners and independent power producers on a host of regulatory issues. It offers notable strength in rate proceedings before FERC and the CPUC, as well as in investigations and enforcement actions.
Work Highlights
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP provided FERC representation for EDF Renewables in respect of the company's wind, solar and energy storage project developments.
Notable Practitioners
Sean Atkins has a wealth of experience in regulatory matters pertaining to wholesale power markets, including market expansion and rate calculation.
Michael Kunselman has a varied power side practice, acting for major utilities, renewable companies and ISOs in proceedings before FERC. He is well-versed in handling formula transmission rate cases.