Energy and Utility

Attorneys in our Energy and Utility Practice Group are on the leading edge of the rapidly-changing utility and administrative practice of law.  Our background experience in the state agencies before which we regularly appear uniquely qualifies us to represent public and private clients in all areas of these interesting, dynamic and challenging fields of law. 

Energy and Utility Practice Group attorneys actively represent and advocate for our clients before the Public Utility Commission (PUC), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the Railroad Commission of Texas (RCT) and at all levels of the State and Federal court system in a wide variety of matters, including:

• Electric restructuring/regulation and compliance
• Electric utility rates, service, and contracts
• Aggregation of electric customers
• Telecommunications matters
• Natural gas regulation
• Electric and gas franchise issues
• Water and wastewater utility rates, service and contracts
• Transmission line construction and routing, including applications for certificates of convenience and necessity ("CCN") for Competitive Renewable Energy Zones ("CREZ") projects 
• Anti-competitive issues/code of conduct enforcement

Energy and Utility Practice Group attorneys are extremely knowledgeable in all areas of utility law and successfully represent the best interests of the Firm’s clients.  In doing this, we:

• Work to stay abreast of new developments and issues in energy production, sale, and distribution 
• Assist political subdivisions and others that wish to take advantage of aggregation opportunities to reduce their energy costs
• Assist with negotiating attractive retail and wholesale electric supply contracts
• Advise cities and property owners and negotiate agreements on various telecommunications matters, including zoning and siting of communications facilities
• Support municipalities in their roles as regulators and franchising authorities
• Represent municipalities in rate cases and cost review proceedings relating to natural gas utilities
• Assist municipalities with natural gas distribution system rate ordinances
• Represent municipal governments and private utility companies concerning retail utility service areas and wholesale utility rates, contracts and services
• Represent property owners affected by transmission line construction and routing
• Participate in rulemaking proceedings and the formulation of public policy at state regulatory agencies

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