Mr Kevin Jones > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
200 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10166
NEW YORK
United States

Work Department

Energy and Infrastructure, Energy Regulation, Project Finance and Development, Renewable Energy and Clean Power, Energy, Blockchain, Crisis Management, SAFETY Act

Position

Partner

Career

Mr. Jones’s practice focuses on regulatory and market design matters for electric sector clients. He focuses on the electric sector, with an emphasis on competitive wholesale markets and has served as counsel to system operators, project sponsors, and government entities on the design and operation of wholesale electricity markets, the development of energy infrastructure, and related commercial relationships and transactions.

He regularly advises on the design and operation of wholesale markets for energy, installed capacity, ancillary services, and transmission services, including various regulatory, market design, finance, and corporate and stakeholder governance matters. Mr. Jones represents ISOs and RTOs in federal and state regulatory proceedings, including matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and other federal and state agencies.

Mr. Jones is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and contributor to external publications, Hunton Andrews Kurth’s client alerts and blog posts.

Memberships

Admitted to the New York and Virginia State Bars

Education

  • JD, University of Tennessee College of Law, magna cum laude, 1999
  • MA, Foreign Affairs and National Security Policy, Patterson School, University of Kentucky, 1997
  • BA, University of Tennessee, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1995

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Energy > Energy regulation: electric power

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represents clients in routine and contested federal and state regulatory proceedings, while providing regulatory guidance to support a variety of commercial transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and financings, as well as asset transfers and corporate transactions. Lawyers such as Ted Murphy (Washington, DC) and Kevin Jones (New York and Richmond) have experience in matters involved with FERC and state regulators, including the Public Utility Commission of Texas. The firm also has regional capability with matters involving FERC, and regularly acts for electric utilities in defense of actions brought under the Clean Air Act. Myles Reynolds, based in Dallas, focuses on counseling and representation of electric and natural gas utilities, as well as energy companies regulated by the state and feral agencies. Tab Urbantke advises clients on regulatory implications and risks of project development, capital market and commercial energy transactions.