Approach
Energy and utility businesses face a broad spectrum of transactional, regulatory and government relations issues. The Energy Practice Group of Your Firm has a record of success in guiding clients through these diverse challenges.
Attorneys
The Energy practice relies on the skills and experience of talented attorneys from throughout the firm. Representative attorneys in the Energy Practice Group include former utility executives, regulators, Department of Justice attorneys and lead counsels to the Governor in Wisconsin.
Clients
Our clients span all types of energy production and delivery, including electric, natural gas, nuclear and renewables (including wind, hydroelectric and biomass). We represent vertically integrated gas and electric utilities, electric transmission companies, municipal electric utilities, private distribution-only companies, independent power producers, wind developers, energy-service providers and energy-resource organizations. We also represent demand-side management.
Practice
We add value by providing integrated legal and policy advice to our clients, stressing comprehensive approaches to their complex industry and business problems. We regularly appear before regulatory agencies, and maintain relationships with regulators, which enhance our ability to craft creative and effective regulatory solutions. We have extensive experience defending and challenging agency decisions in both the state and federal courts.
We also assist our energy clients in business and legal areas that are not specific to energy, including finance, real estate, general corporate, intellectual property, tax, environmental, and labor and employment issues.
Our client work includes:
- Regulatory permitting for significant energy obtaining regulatory permits for significant energy infrastructure, including power plants, transmission lines, gas pipelines and wind farms
- Site acquisition, including real estate and land use permits
- Project development
- Negotiation of power purchase agreements
- Contested regulatory proceedings, including complaint proceedings, service-territory disputes, and policy-making proceedings
- Rate regulation
- Asset sales and purchases, including the purchase of nuclear facilities
- Mergers
- Environmental issues, including air, water and manufactured gas plant cleanups
- Government relations issues, including participation in administrative rules development and the creation of legislative solutions