Firm PROFILE
CJT Energy Law, LLC
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Overview
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Founded by Christopher J. Townsend in 2020, CJT Energy Law is a boutique energy and public utility regulatory firm. The firm represents a broad range of energy industry participants other than incumbent local utilities, providing clients with experienced, senior-level counsel in complex regulatory, policy and strategic matters. Townsend has been ranked by Chambers for 24 years.
Industry sectors (13)
- Energy - Regulatory
- Energy - Transactional
- Energy - Legislation
- Electric & Natural Gas Utilities
- Large Commercial & Industrial Energy Users
- Data Centers
- Electric Transmission
- Power Generation
- Municipal & Public Power
- Beneficial Electrification
- Battery Storage & Distributed Energy Resources
- Competitive Retail Energy Markets
- Electric Cooperatives
Capabilities (8)
- Energy & Public Utility Regulation
- Large Loads & Data Centers
- Transmission Reliability & Resource Adequacy
- Energy Markets, Procurement & Emerging Technologies
- Battery Storage & Distributed Energy Resources
- Utility Rates, Rate Design & Cost Allocation
- Energy Policy, Legislation & Strategic Counsel
- Coalition Representation & Stakeholder Advocacy
Clients (9)
- The Coalition to Request Equitable Allocation of Costs Together ("REACT")
- T5@Chicago IV, LP
- ITC Midwest LLC
- NRG Energy
- Tenaska Power Management
- City of Batavia
- CITGO Petroleum
- Intelligent Generation LLC
- City of Naperville
Key people
Provided by CJT Energy Law, LLC
Christopher J. Townsend
Managing Partner
Work & experience
Provided by CJT Energy Law, LLC
CJT Energy Law represents a broad range of energy industry participants other than incumbent local utilities, including energy companies, large energy users, data centers, transmission owners, developers and emerging-energy businesses. The firm handles utility rates and tariffs, large-load policy, transmission, reliability, battery storage, EVs, competitive markets, infrastructure cost allocation and regulatory advocacy before the ICC and other agencies as well as in legislative discussions.
Notable work
Provided by CJT Energy Law, LLC
NRG Energy: ComEd Large-Load Tariff Proceedings
2026CompletedChicago, Illinois
Represented NRG Energy in ICC proceedings establishing new tariffs and requirements for data centers and large loads.
REACT: ComEd Rate Design and Large Energy User Advocacy
2026OngoingChicago, Illinois
Represents REACT in ComEd rate-design and tariff proceedings affecting major commercial and industrial energy users.
T5 Data Centers: Energy Regulatory and Financing Matters
2026OngoingChicago, Illinois
Advises T5 Data Centers on Illinois energy regulation, utility infrastructure, project financing and large-load policy.
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