Andrew Tunnell

Practice Areas

Andy Tunnell has represented electric utilities for nearly 30 years with a particular emphasis on the regulation of transmission facilities and systems. This representation encompasses all aspects of such regulation, ranging from the development of initial policy and resulting regulations to compliance with such regulations as well as related litigation and appeals before federal courts. Regulatory matters include: open access, transmission rate design, transmission planning and cost allocation, transmission service arrangements, generation interconnections, affected system matters, reliability requirements, and regulatory audits. He counsels electric utilities in both bilateral and RTO markets.

He primarily focuses on representing clients with the regulation of electric transmission matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and related judicial appellate and state regulatory commission matters. This includes matters involving transmission rate design, transmission planning, standards of conduct, generator interconnection, open access transmission service, and electric reliability.

Professional Memberships

Alabama State Bar

American Bar Association

Birmingham Bar Association

Energy Bar Association