Study Group: Energy / Utilities Experts: Lawyers (US)
Council Members in this Study Group: 264
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Paul ForshayPartner
SUTHERLAND, ASBILL & BRENNAN L.L.P.
Paul F. Forshay is a Partner with Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan in Washington, DC, where he concentrates on federal and state energy regulatory matters concerning the electric power, natural gas and oil pipeline industries. Mr. Forshay has extensive experience in all aspects of natural gas and oil pipeline...
- Brett Perlman
President
VECTOR SOLUTIONSBrett Perlman is President of a management consulting firm that provides services to telecommunications and electric utility clients. Prior to his current role, Mr. Perlman served as Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas from 1999 to 2003. In this role, he was responsible for leading...
Ulises PinPartner
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLPUlises Pin is a Partner in the telecommunications, media and technology practice of Bingham McCutchen in Washington, DC. He represents U.S. and foreign communications companies before the Federal Communications Commission as well as communications regulators in Mexico, Brazil, and Latin American countries....
Robert Weishaar, Jr.Member, Member-in-Charge of DC Office
WALLACE MCNEES & LLC NURICKRobert A. Weishaar is a Member and Head of the Washington DC office of McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC. His practice focuses on matters involving the state and federal regulation of electricity. He represents primarily large consumers of utility services before federal and state administrative agencies...
- David Lewis
Vice President
Manchester TradeDr. David Lewis is a Vice President with Manchester Trade, where he specializes in international trade and investment matters for governments, businesses, and international organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LA/C). His areas of expertise include trade liberalization and free trade agreements...
- Robert Strong
Partner
CLARK HILL PLCRobert A.W. Strong is Partner at Clark Hill in Birmingham, Michigan, where he has represented industrial clients in all areas of energy and utility law, including contracting, rate negotiation, ratemaking, environmental permitting, energy pricing and purchasing and civil litigation. Mr. Strong hasdeveloped...
Thomas CampbellPartner
LEWIS AND ROCA LLPThomas H. Campbell is a Partner at the law firm of Lewis & Roca in Phoenix. His practice is concentrated in the areas of telecommunications, energy, water and utility regulation. Mr. Campbell regularly represents parties in rate, CC&N, merger, acquisition and financing applications, tariff filings,...
Robert SzaboPartner
VAN NESS FELDMAN, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Robert G. Szabo is Partner at Van Ness Feldman in Washington, DC, where he is Coordinator of the firm’s Land & Water Practice. He counsels and advocates to the Congress and the Executive Branch agencies and departments on behalf of firm clients in the areas of federal energy, environmental, land and...
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FERC's Standards of Conduct NOPR: Back to the Future?
April 3, 2008
Paul Forshay, Partner, SUTHERLAND, ASBILL & BRENNAN L.L.P.
FERC Standards of Conduct Notice of Proposed Rulemaking | www.ferc.gov
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's recently issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Standards of Conduct applicable to natural gas and electric transmission providers would establish revised standards for preventing anti-competitive information sharing between those trasmission...
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“Affirmative Benefits” and the Public Interest: A Higher Hurdle for Utility Mergers?
March 19, 2007
Paul Forshay, Partner, SUTHERLAND, ASBILL & BRENNAN L.L.P.
PUC ordered to reconsider Verizon, MCI merger issue | www.pennlive.com
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court's decision in Popowsky underscores the importance of rate-related benefits in demonstrating that a proposed merger affords sufficient "affirmative benefits" to satisfy the statutory "public interest" standard. Popowsky indicates that promises of continued "good corporate...
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FERC’s Standards of Conduct: Back to the Drawing Board
December 1, 2006
Paul Forshay, Partner, SUTHERLAND, ASBILL & BRENNAN L.L.P.
National Fuel unit settles with FERC | washington.bizjournals.com
-- D.C. Circuit decision in National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. FERC vacates and remands Order No. 2004 as applied to natural gas pipelines. -- The Commission's theoretical concerns with potential anti-competitive conduct, without actual evidence of such conduct, were insufficient to justify imposing...
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Verizon DR tax settlement allows for purchase by AmericaMovil of Mexico
December 1, 2006
David Lewis, Vice President, Manchester Trade
Verizon sales tax agreement reached | www.dr1.com
Reports from the Dominican government and US Embassy in Santo Domingo indicate that Verizon and the government have reached an agreement on the amount of sales tax to be paid on the $2bn sale of earlier this year. Reports are that both sides agreed to a sales tax payment of approx. $200m rather than...
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Ecuador election will result in energy and debt concerns for investors
December 1, 2006
David Lewis, Vice President, Manchester Trade
A Leftist at the Helm in Ecuador | www.businessweek.com
Ecuadorian President-elect Rafael Correa announced that he wants to revise oil exploration contracts between the government and foreign companies to increase revenues and he will also not withdraw the government's unilateral cancelation of Occidental Petroleum investment contracts in the country. Coupled...
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
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- Law Firm (Boutique / Specialized)
- Law firm (small / solo)
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Partner
- Attorney
- Legal Counsel