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Energy Law
Experience
Experience
- Making Major Solar Production a Reality – Venable represented Acciona Solar Power and Solargenix Energy in state and federal regulatory and legislative initiatives that made possible the 64-MW Solar Thermal Electric Generating Plant in Boulder City, Nevada. Venable represents various interests in developing and funding solar and other renewable projects
- Powering a Natural-Gas-Plus-Solar Plant – Venable represents the City of Victorville, California, with regard to a planned 500-MW natural gas-fired power plant combined with a 50-MW solar plant. This plant will be the first hybrid power plant of its kind
- Understanding the Details of the Energy Industry – For more than 20 years, Venable attorneys have represented a consortium of electric utilities and trade associations, on all facets of solid waste, chemical, and Department of Transportation (DOT) hazardous waste compliance and enforcement issues arising under the full array of federal and state environmental laws
- Blocking or Minimizing Pipeline Rate Increases – Venable represents various airlines, refiners, marketers, producers, end-users, and related trade associations in successfully blocking or minimizing pipeline rate increase filings, including litigation against a major rate increase (98%) for NGL shippers—the first NGL pipeline rate proceeding ever to be litigated. Venable also represents refining and other interests before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and other circuits in matters focused on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decisions, including those regarding the justness and reasonableness of pipeline rates
- Driving to Favorable Decisions on Pipeline Tariff Issues – Venable represents various entities, including a transportation association, in complex FERC rulemaking proceedings that impact pipeline tariff and compliance matters. Venable also represents independent shippers, producers, and marketers in blocking unreasonable prorationing proposals by major pipelines involving the transportation of oil and refined products, and in improving pipeline access
- Helping Airlines Hold Down Operating Costs – Venable represents four major airlines in complaints against the Kinder Morgan SFPP, L.P. pipeline and the Calnev pipeline regarding the reasonableness of its rates for transportation of jet fuel and for seeking refunds and/or reparations for past shipments
- Protecting Shippers When a Private Equity Fund Bought a Major Pipeline – Venable represented a petroleum product marketer and shipper before FERC and state public utility commissions when the largest common-carrier pipeline changed hands in a private-equity acquisition. Shippers successfully obtained conditions to the transfer, including the requirement for a $100 million letter of credit to guarantee potential rate refunds
- Dealing with International Energy Issues – Venable has extensive experience on international oil and gas projects, including writing energy laws for an African nation and handling arbitrations over oil- and gas-related disputes. We have worked on energy projects with private institutions, as well as institutions such as the World Bank Group and International Finance Corporation. Projects have been in Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iraq, Mexico, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Russia
Recognition
Recognition
- Legal 500
- Energy Regulation: Oil and Gas, 2020 – 2023
- Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas, 2023
- Chambers Global, Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory and Litigation), 2016 – 2017, 2022
- Chambers USA, Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory and Litigation), 2020 – 2023
- U.S. News – Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms, Energy Law, 2011 – 2020, 2022 - 2023
