Overview
Amanda Drennen focuses her energy practice work on transmission planning and rate regulation and design. Clients seek out Amanda’s ability to understand complex legal, economic, technical, and policy matters affecting the electric industry, especially as the industry transitions to address the threat of climate change. Amanda uses this knowledge and her ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to guide her clients and protect them from profit-seeking utilities—leading to over a billion dollars of favorable settlements and successful administrative and appellate outcomes.
Amanda has significant expertise and experience with transmission planning in regions across the country. She has advocated for favorable tariff and market rule changes that reflect the unique interests of her clients and ensure that all entities have fair, open access to the transmission system.
Amanda is a graduate of the New York University School of Law where she was an Executive Editor of the Environmental Law Journal. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to graduating from law school, Amanda had a variety of energy-related experiences, including an internship at the Eastern Environmental Law Center, where she developed arguments opposing construction of natural gas pipelines and clinic work at the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Clean Energy Program.