Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP thanks our clients for their continued support and confidence as reflected in the recognition the firm has recently received from Chambers USA.
For the ninth consecutive year, Chambers & Partners has recognized Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP as one of the nation’s leading law firms in the area of “Energy: Electricity...
On January 27, Cindy Bogorad will join a panel discussion hosted by R Street on "Leveling the Transmission Playing Field." Topics will include, in addition to inclusive joint transmission ownership, "independent transmission planning and oversight, equal rate treatment between suppliers and proper implementation of competitive processes under FERC’s Order 1000." More information and a free registration link are available at https://www.rstreet.org/event/leveling-the-transmission-playing-field/.
Spiegel partner Cindy Bogorad will speak on a panel at the "Grid Enhancing Technologies: Potential, Solutions and Challenges" virtual conference. Cindy's panel will address policy and regulatory measures to encourage the wider adoption of grid-enhancing technologies. The conference, sponsored by Global Transmission Report, will be held on December 1 and 2, 2021. More information about the conference is Cynthia S. Bogorad
Spiegel partner Latif Nurani spoke October 14 in a continuing education panel as part of the American Public Power Association's 2021 Legal and Regulatory Conference. The course, "Keeping Pace with Cybersecurity Regulation and Privacy Laws," discussed recent cybersecurity compromises and the evolving regulatory response and how the effect on public power utilities.
Spiegel partner Cindy Bogorad spoke on October 12 at a virtual panel at the Energy Bar Association’s 2021 Mid-Year Energy Forum. The panel, entitled “Beyond Order 1000: New Horizons in Transmission Planning Under FERC’s ANOPR,” addressed FERC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking, which contemplates revisiting rules governing planning for electric transmission, allocation of costs, and the interconnection of new...
Spiegel partner Katie Mapes moderated a webinar about FERC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking, "Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator Interconnection." The webinar, entitled "Building the Grid of the Future: A Discussion of Transmission Reform," was sponsored by the New York University State Energy & Environmental Impact Center and touched on "state...
Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP thanks our clients for their continued support and confidence as reflected in the recognition the firm has recently received from Chambers USA.
For the eighth consecutive year, Chambers & Partners has recognized Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP as one of the nation’s leading law firms in the area of “Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)...
On February 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion affirming Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders reducing the return on equity (“ROE”) adders paid to three stand-alone transmission companies (“transcos”) operating in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) footprint. Int’l Transmission Co. v. FERC, No. 19-1190 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 19,...
Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP wishes to thank our clients for their continued support and confidence as reflected in the recognition the firm has recently received from Chambers Global.
Chambers & Partners has again recognized Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP as one of the nation’s leading law firms in the area of “Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) — Nationwide.” Chambers...
The inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris—coupled with the installation of a Democratic-majority Senate and House—means new directions for U.S. energy and telecommunication policy, and changes that are likely to impact our clients. As the Biden-Harris Administration begins, we pause to offer a few thoughts on what we may expect over the next four years. ...
FERC issued an order on October 30 rejecting ISO New England’s proposed suite of “Energy Security Improvements” or “ESI.” Approval of ESI would have imposed enormous charges on New England consumers in return for dubious — if any — regional reliability/fuel security benefits. ISO New England filed the proposal in response to a FERC directive to adopt a...
Presidential candidate Biden and Congress are focused on solutions to the climate crisis. Billions of dollars in new investment will be needed. But money will not be enough. In our op-ed, “FERC's Capacity Markets Limit Clean Energy and Cost Billions; It’s Time for Congress to Act,” published August 27, 2020, in Utility Dive, we argue that...
Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP thanks our clients for their continued support and confidence as reflected in the recognition the firm has recently received from Chambers USA.
For the seventh consecutive year, Chambers & Partners has recognized Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP as one of the nation’s leading law firms in the area of “Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)...
Spiegel partner David Pomper’s article, “How FERC’s Peers Estimate Equity Costs: A Deep Dive,” appears in the December 2019 issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly. It went to press before FERC issued its Opinion No. 569, which accords with the article’s observation that earnings/book ratios do not represent the capital attraction cost of equity and should not be used to...
Tim Lay spoke on panels at the annual conferences of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) in Tampa, and the Texas Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (TATOA) in Corpus Christi.
The topic of the NATOA conference panel was “Franchise Fees and ROW Management: What’s Left After the FCC’s New Rules?” The topic of the
Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP is proud to announce that Cindy Bogorad, David Pomper, Jeff Schwarz and Scott Strauss have been selected as 2020 Washington DC “Super Lawyers” in the practice area of Energy & Natural Resources, and Jeff Bayne and Latif Nurani have been newly selected as “Rising Stars.”
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of...
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our former partner, Daniel Davidson, who spent forty-five years of his legal career with Spiegel & McDiarmid. We remember Dan as an invaluable colleague and wonderful friend, who had a unique gift for crafting the right legal argument, locating the most apt case, and recommending...
David Pomper responded to a recent article in the Public Utilities Fortnightly which faulted “successive customer complaints against the same ROE.”* In his letter to the editor in Fortnightly’s June issue, David provides some background on the 1988 Regulatory Fairness Act and its application of symmetry between utility rate increase filings under Federal Power Act section 205 and complaints...
On May 16, 2019, FERC granted a Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) complaint against Duke Energy Florida (DEF), reinstating FMPA’s previously submitted requests for transmission service to supply its members with power generated from the Poinsett Solar Facility, a NextEra 75 MW solar installation that is part of the largest solar project in Florida.
FMPA requested transmission service from DEF...
2022 Chambers & Partners USA and 2022 Chambers Global recognize Spiegel & McDiarmid as a leading law firm in the area of “Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation).”
2022 Super Lawyers
and Rising Stars recognizes
Spiegel & McDiarmid attorneys.