Jackson Walker LLP, Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation

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Jackson Walker helps electric industry clients protect themselves and seize opportunities through a wide array of energy and regulatory matters. They excel at assisting clients navigate the uncharted technical and economic complexities that continue to present themselves before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) as their markets mature and change.

Jackson Walker has extensive experience representing energy clients in proceedings before the PUCT, ERCOT, and the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH), as well as in energy-related litigation. They have been in the thick of things as ERCOT has developed and refined its nodal market, as the PUCT oversaw large-scale expansion of Texas transmission to take advantage of renewable resources, and as Texas utilities deployed advanced meters and other smart grid innovations. With the boom of renewable energy that has followed, their work includes helping developers and lenders answer and address regulatory matters as projects are financed, advising utilities and other industry participants as the grid evolves, and helping landowners protect their rights as new projects are sited.

For more information, visit: https://www.jw.com/practice-areas/energy/electric-regulatory/

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Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) - Texas

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What the Team is Known For

Jackson Walker LLP has experience across the full range of regulatory and litigation matters involving the electricity market. Frequently appears in complex PUCT and ERCOT proceedings, as well as advising on regulatory concerns arising in transactions. Regularly provides due diligence support and state regulatory counsel to financing parties and project developers in power project development. Acts for transmission, generation and renewable energy clients, among others.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Jackson Walker LLP

Jackson Walker LLP acted as lead counsel to Constellation NewEnergy in negotiations of a multi-party settlement of a $1.9 billion bankruptcy claim by ERCOT on behalf of short paid market participants as a result of Brazos Electric Power Cooperative’s bankruptcy following Winter Storm Uri.