Michael Nasi

Practice Areas

Energy; Environment & Natural Resources; Climate Change & Carbon Management

Personal

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

J.D., University of Houston Law Center

Work Highlights

- Mike spoke at the United Nations in August 2022 at a high-level briefing for the Group of 77 and China on CCUS.

- Mike is an instructor of the University of Houston’s CCUS executive education course beginning May 15, 2023. This course discusses challenges and solutions to achieve sustainable energy development.

Career

Mike Nasi is an environmental and energy lawyer and the founder and Chair of Jackson Walker's Climate Change & Carbon Management group. His practice spans numerous federal and related state environmental and utility regulatory programs with a focus on environmental and utility regulatory counseling and litigation for the power sector as well as project development incentives and power market reforms.

Mike is counsel for energy interests in state, regional and national litigation and policy initiatives, including matters pending before several state and federal agencies and multiple Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States.

He has been an expert witness and speaker at hearings, energy policy events, and classrooms across the country, including the White House and the United Nations, and is published in several trade, law, and business journals on environmental and energy law. Mike participates on advisory boards or as counsel for several state and regional energy research initiatives including the Wyoming Energy Agency, North Dakota’s Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) Foundation Board, the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB), the Energy Council, and the University of Houston Center for Carbon Management in Energy (CCME).

Professional Memberships

State Bar of Texas – Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, Past Chairman

TCEQ Pollution Control Property Tax Exemption Advisory Committee, Appointed Member

H2O for Texas, Secretary

Instructor of the University of Houston Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Executive Education Program

Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance, Board Member

Lone Star Clean Fuels Alliance, Board Member

Publications

- Featured Speaker at the Texas Public Power Association Environmental Committee Meeting (April 2023)

- “Basics of Bill Drafting,” Presented to the Austin Bar Association with Heath Armstrong (January 2023)

- “Texas Legislative and Regulatory Update,” 18th Annual Renewable Energy Law Institute (January 2023)

- “Managing CCUS: Risks and Financing,” UH Energy 2022-2023 Critical Issues in Energy Symposium Series (December 2022)

- Panel Moderator, “Governors Energy Caucus,” Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) Annual Meeting (August 2022)

- “Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage – Technology essential for an equitable energy path forward,” Presented at the United Nations (August 2022)

- “The EPA Transport Rule,” Joint Annual Briefing to Southern Legislative Leaders and Committee on Carbon Management Meeting (July 2022)

- “Potential Grid Reliability Impacts of the EPA Ozone Transport Rule Federal Implementation Plan,” The Energy Council’s 2022 State and Provincial Trends in Energy and the Environment Conference (June 2022)

- “Advancing Innovation with CCUS Hubs: A Case Study of Houston, Texas,” U.S. Department of Energy-NARUC Coal Modernization and Carbon Management Partnership (April 2022)

Education