Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
McGuireWoods’ federal energy regulatory commission team represents electric and gas utilities as well as independent developers, trading firms and institutional investors in all aspects of FERC practice. The team includes a former FERC commissioner and Department of Energy official, former senior FERC staff officials and practitioners with former in-house experience, enabling us to offer clients deep agency insight. We advise on compliance, routine filings and complex administrative litigation, drawing on decades of experience helping clients navigate regulatory frameworks and advance their strategic goals. Our team appears before FERC on behalf of transmission owners, generation owners, independent developers, trading firms, vertically integrated utilities and coalitions of energy companies with common interests.
We represent transmission owners in matters involving transmission cost-of-service recovery, planning and cost allocation, and interconnection matters within and outside of organized markets. On the generation side, we advise utility-affiliated and independent power producers on interconnection agreements, market-based rate authority, cost-based rate recovery and compliance issues under market rules, including reliability-must-run scenarios and structured wholesale power purchase agreements. The team has a best-in-class energy enforcement practice facing FERC and the CFTC. Our lawyers also assist with rulemakings and litigation matters involving pipeline certification, natural gas tariffs, service modifications and related regulatory obligations.
In partnership with McGuireWoods’ Energy Mergers & Acquisitions and Finance Practice Group, we advise on regulatory implications of deal structures, conduct due diligence and prepare FERC-related transactional filings, including Section 203 applications. Our lawyers often are called upon to address novel regulatory challenges in organized markets and to craft creative, forward-looking strategies that respond to evolving FERC policy and industry developments.
McGuireWoods’ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission team stands out for its deep agency insight and strategic counsel, led by former FERC and Department of Energy officials, as well as lawyers with in-house experience who help clients navigate complicated regulatory landscapes with confidence and foresight.
National, Tier 1 ranking for energy law.
– Best Law Firms
Nationwide ranking for energy: electricity (regulatory and litigation) and statewide rankings in North Carolina and Pennsylvania for energy and natural resources.
– Chambers USA
Nationwide ranking for energy litigation: electric power and energy regulation: electric power.
– The Legal 500 U.S.
