Kenneth W Irvin

KENNETH IRVIN is a co-leader of Sidley’s global Energy and Infrastructure practice. With over 30 years of experience, Ken has a leading practice representing financial institutions, utilities, independent power producers, developers, data center operators, hyperscalers, digital infrastructure investors, and energy marketers in high-stakes matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), including regulatory, enforcement, litigation, and transactional matters involving the U.S. wholesale electricity and natural gas markets.

Ken regularly leads precedent-setting proceedings under the Federal Power Act and Natural Gas Act, including Section 203 merger approvals; market-based rate authority, rate, and tariff litigation; reliability must-run proceedings; enforcement investigations; Order 712 asset management agreements; complex cross–regional transmission organization (RTO) market issues; and matters involving large-load facilities and co-located generation structures.