Energy & Natural Resources: Utilities

Our Energy Regulation & Utilities team advises clients on consequential energy regulation and administrative litigation matters in the energy and public utility sector. They have extensive experience handling contested regulatory matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC), and in the judicial arena, including Louisiana state courts, federal district and appellate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Recently, the team represented LPSC staff in regulatory proceedings to consider approval of the electric generation and transmission investment needed to serve a $10B Meta data center, among the largest infrastructure investments in state history.

Clients look to us for counsel on energy and transmission issues, including regulation under state statutes and regulations, the Federal Power Act, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, and FERC regulations implementing those statutes. Clients benefit from the group’s grasp of energy issues, particularly those facing the electric industry and its consumers, including:

• Siting, construction & certification of generating units & transmission resources
• Utility ratemaking, rate design & cost allocation
• Utility transactions & financing
• Development of energy policy at state & federal levels

Our attorneys also advise on legal and strategic issues related to Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) participation, generation and grid expansion, and rate-related litigation.