Jeremy Medovoy Partner

Companies across the energy industry turn to Jeremy Medovoy – the former top-ranking enforcement attorney at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) – for insight and counsel on high-stakes energy enforcement and compliance matters.

Drawing on his broad senior leadership roles in FERC’s Office of Enforcement, Jeremy represents energy companies in investigations, audits, and surveillance inquiries before FERC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and market monitors in the organized electric markets. He also represents clients in related litigation. Jeremy’s deep understanding of FERC’s enforcement framework also proves valuable to clients on compliance program development and training, self-reporting advice, and energy transaction risk mitigation. His experience spans the electric and natural gas industries and involves all FERC’s enforcement priority areas, including market manipulation, electric reliability, and infrastructure projects. Jeremy provides unique insight into the factors and priorities FERC and its staff consider in determining whether to pursue alleged violations and what sanctions and remedies to seek for them.

During his time in FERC’s Office of Enforcement, including as the office Deputy Director, Jeremy oversaw all aspects of the agency’s enforcement program, including investigations, audits, enforcement actions, and federal court litigation involving alleged violations of federal energy laws. He coordinated closely on matters with other federal agencies and industry stakeholders, including CFTC, NERC, market monitoring units, and commodity exchanges. Throughout his tenure, he was instrumental in shaping FERC’s enforcement policy and leading high-profile enforcement actions that have influenced the regulatory landscape. He led FERC’s development of its Penalty Guidelines and served as the agency’s subject matter expert on energy market manipulation.

Jeremy is active in the Energy Bar Association, serving as Co-Vice Chair of the Professional Education Council and on the Board of Directors of the Foundation of the Energy Law Journal. He frequently speaks at industry conferences on a wide range of topics related to energy enforcement and compliance issues.