Bill’s practice focuses on representing energy clients in transactional and regulatory matters.

Representative Experience

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Counsel to Midwest utility in inter-regional (or “inter-RTO”) transmission rate design and cost allocation proceedings

Counsel to Midwest utility in regional (RTO-wide) transmission rate design and cost allocation proceedings

Counsel to Midwest utility on “Attachment O” transmission cost-of-service formula rate case

Counsel to Midwest utility regarding revenue sufficiency guarantee payment proceedings

Counsel to Midwest utility in proceeding to establish “Day 2” LMP markets and “Day 3” Ancillary Services co-optimized LMP markets

Counsel to several utilities regarding RTO formation and participation

Counsel to utilities exiting or analyzing exit-from-RTO options

Counsel to utility divesting its transmission system in order to create an independent “transco”

Counsel to utilities regarding resource adequacy and capacity market proceedings in New York, New England, California, and the Midwest

Counsel to several utilities and independent generators with respect to market rules and market development in the restructured New York ISO, California, ISO, Midwest ISO and PJM markets

Counsel to utility regarding FERC Fuel Adjustment Clause regulations and practices

Have represented numerous companies in bilateral or multi-party settlements approved by FERC

Counsel to generators and utilities in proceedings involving RTO demand response mechanisms

Counsel to transmission providers regarding tariff compliance and open access compliance issues

Represented State of New York in proceedings to establish the New York ISO and related matters

State Commission Proceedings and Regulatory Issues

New York

Counsel to independent generator acquiring hydro and gas turbine assets

Counsel to competitive telecommunications provider in pole attachment/conduit rate complaint before New York Public Service Commission 

Assistant Counsel to New York Public Service Commission 1997-1999; represented Staff in various proceedings related to electric, gas and water 

Georgia

Advised large Southeastern utility regarding its 2007 Integrated Resource Planning Case

Advised large Southeastern utility regarding the promulgation of ex parte rules for state commission proceedings

Indiana

Provided strategic advice to utility regarding the recovery of federally-imposed costs through retail rates  

International

Through USAID sponsored programs, advised Romanian authorities regarding restructuring of electric utility industry, privatization of state run assets, and maximizing the efficiency of transmission assets

Public Power

Counsel to large integrated Midwestern public power entity providing day-to-day counsel on wide range of FERC compliance issues

Counsel to large integrated Midwestern public power entity regarding reciprocity open access issues

Advised large Northeastern public power entity regarding standards of conduct compliance 

Presentations and Speaking Engagements

Speaker, Large Public Power Council, “Who Will Pay For The Build Out,” November 2007

Moderator, InfoCast Transmission Project Development Renaissance Conference, October 2006

Speaker, Large Public Power Council, "FERC and Public Power RTO Participation: Who Has The Power?" November 2005

Speaker, New York State Bar Association Public Utility Law Committee Conference, "Can Seams Be Unraveled?" April 2005

Speaker, United States Energy Association Conference on Market Monitoring and Mitigation in Romania and the United States, "Overview of Market Monitoring in the United States - A Comparison Among Regions" February 2005

Speaker, United States Energy Association Conference on Market Monitoring and Mitigation in Romania and the United States, "Case Studies - Recent U.S. Court of Appeals Decisions Bearing on Market Monitoring" February 2005

Speaker, United States Energy Association Conference on Electric Industry Restructuring in Romania and the United States, "Coordination of Rehabilitation with Investment" June 2004

Speaker, United States Energy Association Conference on Electric Industry Restructuring in Romania and the United States, "T & D Asset Management: The Impact of the Regulatory Scheme" June 2004

Moderator, InfoCast Transmission Summit (January 2004)

Moderator, New York State Bar Association, Public Utility Law Committee, Role of Federal Regulation (1999)

Speaker, New York Power Authority CLE Conference, New York ISO and FERC (Oct. 1999)

Speaker, New York State Bar Association, Public Utility Law Committee, State-Federal Jurisdictional Issues (1998)