Adrienne E Clair

Practice Areas

Adrienne Clair provides comprehensive electric and gas pipeline compliance, enforcement, and litigation services, earning the trust and respect of utilities and the energy bar. She represents primarily cooperative and municipal utilities in applications, litigation and rulemaking proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Adrienne also guides energy industry clients through issues related to Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) and Independent System Operator (ISO) markets, including capacity and energy, as well as matters involving transmission planning, cost allocation, natural gas pipeline rates and services, and transmission grid usage.

Adrienne handles compliance matters such as compliance program design and audits. She also has assisted clients with FERC enforcement actions. Additionally, Adrienne helps clients to obtain market-based rate authority and comply with relevant reporting requirements. She brings a breadth of experience in numerous geographic regions and markets and puts that experience to use in tailoring solutions.

Adrienne litigates proceedings before FERC, including electric cooperative wholesale power contract and rate design issues, cost-of-service revenue requirements, mergers, and transmission formula rate and cost recovery matters. She also represents clients in FERC-related appellate proceedings and practices before the D.C. Public Service Commission in electric utility and natural gas local distribution company matters.