Jane Rueger

Practice Areas

Environment & Natural Resources

Climate Law

Energy Law

Mining

Career

Jane Rueger helps clients negotiate power purchase agreements (virtual and physical), gas purchase and sale agreements, mergers and acquisitions transactions, project financings, and interconnection agreements. Jane’s work includes representing developers and operators of data centers in the negotiation of multifaceted transactions combining power infrastructure and real estate. She also counsels market participants on creative solutions to participation in complex regional transmission organization (RTO) and independent system operator (ISO) markets across the United States.

Jane helps clients advance their energy policy goals at both federal and state levels in areas such as transmission planning, grid interconnection, and the adoption of policies favoring technologies aimed at decarbonization. She is a trusted advisor to energy market participants in all aspects of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulation, including obtaining and maintaining market-based rate authority, obtaining prior authorization for mergers and acquisitions under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), NERC reliability standards compliance, and tariff administration and compliance. She is also well-versed in FERC litigation matters and settlements involving electric or gas pipeline rates and RTO/ISO market structures. She represents clients in nonpublic investigations into alleged violations under FERC's market manipulation rules, the FPA, the Natural Gas Act, and the Natural Gas Policy Act.