McDermott Will & Emery LLP‘s energy regulation offering comprises transmission, interconnection, and reliability issues in addition to litigation and investigations by authorities such as FERC and CFTC. The firm also covers renewable energy generation and transactions within the power market. The Washington DC-based team is headed jointly by Neil Levy, who counts independent power producers, marketers, and merchant transmission developers among his clients, and David Tewksbury, who is particularly well versed in regulatory issues pertaining to rules for organized bid-based electricity markets. Operational, compliance, and regulatory matters are routinely handled by Stephanie Lim, while Bruce Richardson stands out for his expertise relating to cost-based ratemaking and reliability must-run. Robert Lamkin left the team in May 2024.
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Key clients
- Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
- AltaGas Services (U.S.) Inc.
- Apex Clean Energy, Inc.
- BlueWave Energy
- Calpine
- Clearway Group
- Clearway Energy
- Cordia, LLC
- ConnectGen LLC
- CPV
Work highlights
- Represented EPSA, Calpine, CPV, Eastern Gen, J-POWER, LS Power, NRG, and P3 in proceedings before FERC and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Third Circuit with respect to offer-floor mitigation rules for the PJM Interconnection capacity market.
- Represented affiliates of CPV, J-POWER, LS Power, and REV in connection with non-performance penalties arising out of Winter Storm Elliott.
- Represented the affiliates of clients including Advanced Power, CPV, GenOn, Indeck, and J-POWER in numerous FERC proceedings to obtain, defend, modify, or transfer reactive power service revenue requirements.
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Neil Levy; David Tewksbury
Other key lawyers
Stephanie Lim; Bruce Richardson