Representative Matters

  • Represented the Northern California Power Agency before the Federal Circuit and the Court of Federal Claims in a successful challenge of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s interpretation of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act. Cal. Power Agency v. United States, 942 F.3d 1091 (Fed. Cir. 2019) and N. Cal. Power Agency v. United States, 161 Fed. Cl. 498 (2022).
  • Represented the Office of People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia in its appeal of the D.C. Public Service Commission’s approval of Pepco’s proposal to charge ratepayers for environmental remediation of pollution caused by the utility. The court granted the petition in full and remanded the matter to the Commission. of People’s Couns. v. D.C. Pub. Serv. Comm’n, 284 A.3d 1027 (App. D.C. 2022).
  • Represented clients in successfully challenging investor-owned utilities’ rate incentive requests at FERC and participated in briefs defending FERC’s orders denying the incentives at the Ninth Circuit. Gas & Elec. Co. v. FERC, Case No. 24-2527 (9th Cir. 2024).
  • Briefed and argued successful interlocutory appeal of FERC administrative law judge’s order. DCR Transmission, L.L.C., 191 FERC ¶ 61,212 (2025).
  • Represented a group of ratepayer advocates in a successful protest of proposed changes to PJM’s Regional Transmission Expansion Planning Protocol which would have given transmission owners undue influence over PJM’s transmission planning process to the detriment of other market participants. Duquesne Light Co., 189 FERC ¶ 61,181 (2024), pending on appeal PJM Transmission Owners v. FERC, Case No. 25-1064 (D.C. Cir. 2025).
  • Represented the Office of the People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia in a proceeding to determine the D.C. Public Service Commission’s authority to direct electrification. Implementation of Elec. and Nat. Gas Climate Change Proposals, Formal Case No. 1167 (D.C. Pub. Serv. Comm’n 2022).
  • Represented state entities, consumer advocates, and joint action agencies in rate case proceedings, resulting in over a billion dollars of favorable settlements.
  • Advocated for clients in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy rulemaking proceedings on rate incentives, cybersecurity, transmission planning, and generator interconnection processes.
  • Advised clients on tariff and market rule changes related to generator interconnection reform, resource adequacy, and transmission planning.
  • Advised on the jurisdictional issues surrounding a utility’s electric vehicle program and the effects of newly passed legislation.
  • Represented clients in an amicus brief before the Supreme Court defending the constitutionality of public, educational, and governmental access (PEG) channel requirements and the viability of public access television. Manhattan Cmty. Access Corp. v. Halleck, 587 U.S. 802 (2019).

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