Our energy regulation practice consists of more than 30 attorneys with deep experience in energy regulatory matters, including a former Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and a former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). We represent a diverse group of prominent clients including a large coalition of electric generators, transmitters, customers and technology companies on a wide range of regulatory and policy matters at the federal and state levels. We also represent investor-owned utilities, independent power producers, foreign investors, energy marketers and traders, oil and gas producers, wind and solar producers, large end-users, financiers, project developers, and institutional equity investors on energy regulatory, enforcement, corporate, and legislative matters.
Covington has extensive experience representing clients before the FERC, the NRC, the courts, Congress, and state legislatures and utility commissions. Our representations encompass:
- Regulatory enforcement, compliance and audit matters arising from trading in electricity and natural gas markets;
- Mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, asset acquisitions and transfers;
- Electricity and natural gas industry restructuring;
- Natural gas exports;
- Transmission rates and incentives, and generator interconnection;
- Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) and Independent System Operator (ISO) tariffs;
- Market structure, capacity markets, and market power analyses and mitigation;
- Nuclear matters;
- Retail choice and competition;
- Natural gas rates and pipeline certificates;
- Contract disputes;
- Standards of conduct and affiliate rules;
- Hydroelectric licensing; and
- Administrative litigation and dispute resolution.
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