Utility providers face daunting challenges in today’s economy.  Consumers perpetually demand that utility supplies, whether water, electricity, natural gas or telephone service, be abundant and inexpensive.  At the same time, state and federal regulators continue to expand their strict and costly regulatory schemes on utilities companies. The intricate balance between meeting consumer demands and satisfying government regulators has been made even more difficult by the size and scope of the utilities’ infrastructure and the heightened security today’s world demands. Related concerns include legal issues from antitrust to environmental to export/import regulation.

Utilities suppliers, investors and purchasers find that effective advocacy before regulatory entities is imperative for business success. With over four decades of experience in promoting our clients’ interests at the state and federal level an on Capitol Hill, Patton Boggs attorneys are particularly well situated to provide such assistance. We appear frequently before the diverse agencies, departments and commissions that regulate the utilities industry, including the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Our goal is to protect or promote our clients’ interests and develop strategies that will enable them to compete and succeed in the evolving utilities market.