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ABOUT US
Energy Regulatory Experience
- Our firm represents and advise small energy developers, municipalities and trade associations before
federal courts, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, state utility commissions and state
courts on all aspects of electric utility regulation, hydroelectric licensing and renewable
energy development.
- Our firm has participated in hydroelectric licensing and relicensing proceedings
at the FERC, including a competitive relicensing and preliminary permit proceedings. We have
represented a variety of clients in these matters, including municipal and private applicants
as well as affected intervenors. We have also defended developers in civil enforcement proceedings
brought by FERC and have succeeded in vacating or reducing six figure penalties
by up to 95 percent of the amount originally proposed.
- Our firm has expertise in renewable energy development, specifically ocean energy development.
We have advised several ocean energy clients on applicable federal and state laws and regulations,
grant and incentive programs, including the Renewable Portfolio Standard, tax credit,
net metering programs and state and federal grant programs. We have also worked with various
renewable developers to locate public and private sources of funding.
- We have first hand experience with the following issues and procedures in the electric
utility industry: FERC open access
tariff, ISO's, RTO's, state specific deregulation legislation and stranded cost proceedings,
electric utility mergers and antitrust issues, asset divestiture.
energy and regulatory practice, litigation.
Litigation Experience
- We have briefed and argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit, the D.C. Circuit, the Federal Circuit and the Second Circuit and consulted and advised on appellate matters
in other federal and state appellate courts. While a good portion of our appellate work
has involved regulatory or energy matters, we have also handled appeals addressing criminal
matters, Section 1983 civil rights violations, engineering malpractice, evidentiary issues,
contract, tort and
damages and pre-judgment interest issues.
- We have represented clients in criminal and civil litigation matters on a variety of
issues, including employment discrimination, civil rights, breach of contract, jurisdictional
challenges and criminal,
from motions practice to jury trials in
D.C. Superior Court as well as federal court.
- Our firm has represented clients in administrative proceedings before the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, public benefits agencies and the Merit Systems Protection Board.
- We have successfully assisted clients in recovering attorneys fees through fee shifting statutes such
as the Equal Access to Justice Act or review of insurance policies and negotiation of defense
cost coverage.
Law and Technology Issues
- Our firm has an active interest in law and technology issues, ranging from use of
technology such as free on-line research tools or electronic communication to reduce
costs to our clients and improve service, on-line to court's electronic filing initiatives to copyright
of attorneys' electronically filed legal briefs. We have written several articles on these
topics and received press coverage on these issues, which can be viewed in the
Articles & Press section of our website.
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