Matthew Price

Career

Matthew Price litigates and counsels on matters involving energy policy and regulation. Clients praise Matthew as “brilliant,” “a rockstar,” “very strategic,” and as the “best writer I know,” with “that rare gift of making complex things simple.” They appreciate the strong “commercial awareness” he brings to his work and emphasize the “great deal of trust” they place in him.

A co-chair of the firm’s Energy practice, Matthew has been recognized as a “trailblazer” for his cutting-edge work involving the climate-related transition in the energy industry. In landmark cases, he successfully defended state programs supporting zero emissions nuclear power plants. Matthew regularly litigates matters concerning federal and state agencies that involve the Administrative Procedure Act, preemption, the dormant commerce clause, and the First Amendment.

Clients turn to Matthew to advance their strategic goals within existing regulatory and legal frameworks, as well as for help in reimagining those frameworks amidst a rapidly changing industry. He has argued more than two dozen appeals, and he advocates before federal and state regulatory agencies as well as federal and state courts. He has represented clients on a range of energy policy issues including market design, carbon regulation, transmission policy, and other matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, US Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, state public utility commissions, and other federal agencies.