Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP currently serves more than 500 clients throughout the United States and represents the public-sector side of the energy and telecommunications industries. We fight to promote consumer interests against resource-rich opponents, and are known for our extensive knowledge of the issues and our creativity in forging innovative solutions.

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August 23, 2022

D.C. Circuit Sides with State Petitioners Challenging Reliability-Must-Run Agreement Rates for Mystic Units 8 & 9 and Everett LNG Terminal

Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP attorneys achieved a significant victory that should reduce the bills paid by...

August 18, 2022

U.S. Court of Federal Claims Rules for Northern California Power Agency and California Cities

Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP attorneys achieved another milestone in a lawsuit brought by the Northern California...

August 9, 2022

D.C. Circuit Vacates FERC’s Methodology for Calculating Returns on Equity

The D.C. Circuit vacated and remanded Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) Opinions No. 569 and 569-A,...

August 5, 2022

D.C. Circuit Vacates FERC’s Orders that had Increased Transmission Costs to Kentucky Municipals

On August 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated Federal Energy...

RESOURCES

March 2022

FERC’S Enforcement Order on GreenHat and Takeaways for Market Participants

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently issued a significant enforcement order finding that GreenHat Energy, LLC...

November 2021

Retooling Ratemaking: Addressing Perverse Incentives in Wholesale Transmission Rates

Katie Mapes, Lauren Springett and Anree Little authored an article entitled “Retooling Ratemaking: Addressing Perverse Incentives...

November 2021

Federal Communications Policy Update, 2021

Spiegel Partner Tim Lay, along with Nancy Werner, General Counsel of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers...

August 2020

Opinion: FERC’s Capacity Markets Limit Clean Energy and Cost Billions; It’s Time for Congress to Act

Presidential candidate Biden and Congress are focused on solutions to the climate crisis. Billions of dollars...

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