Nick provides strategic counsel to electric, water, and gas utilities on the full spectrum of regulatory challenges – from compliance and planning to administrative hearings and policy development – before the North Carolina Utilities Commission, the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and other federal and state regulatory agencies. With deep experience across integrated resource planning, rate cases, cost recovery riders, and other complex regulatory proceedings, he helps clients navigate approval processes, mitigate risk, and advance core business objectives in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.
Nick routinely counsels clients on challenging regulatory and policy issues that affect utility operations and infrastructure investment. He has helped clients secure regulatory approvals for innovative customer-facing programs designed to support renewable energy development and meet evolving clean energy goals. His work also includes advising on interconnection issues, particularly with respect to distributed energy resources and utility-scale projects.
In addition to his regulatory practice, Nick provides strategic guidance on energy-related transactions, including regulatory advice for acquisitions and financings involving utility-scale solar and other generation assets. His cross-jurisdictional experience across Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina positions him as a trusted advisor to clients navigating the changing energy landscape in the Southeast.
Experience
- Represents North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia electric, water, and gas utilities in base rate case proceedings.
- Represents electric utilities in integrated resource planning proceedings in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
- Represents electric utilities with Clean Energy Portfolio Standards, Demand-Side Management and Energy Efficiency, and fuel riders compliance and similar state initiatives.
- Represents utilities on securing regulatory approvals for innovative customer programs that promote renewable energy adoption and align with evolving clean energy mandates, including interconnection strategies for distributed and utility-scale resources.
- Advises North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia electric utilities in negotiations and proceedings involving power purchase agreements and other interconnection-related issues.
- Provides regulatory counsel on energy-related transactions, including acquisitions and financings of utility-scale solar and other generation assets, with experience spanning Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and South Carolina.
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University of Richmond School of LawJD
magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Articles & Comments Editor, University of Richmond Law Review
2015 -
The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBA
with distinction
2011
- Author, South Carolina’s Energy Security Act Encourages Development of New Generating Resources to Address Unprecedented Economic Growth in the State, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, May 30, 2025
- South Carolina
- North Carolina
- Virginia