Electric & Gas

The lawyers of Alston & Bird provide counsel in helping electric and gas industry clients – whether investor-owned, government-owned or non-profit – act strategically to meet their most critical regulatory, financial and business challenges.  To this work we bring a unique blend of experience gained at the leading edge of developments in virtually every aspect of the law affecting the energy industry.  We draw on a rich background to offer creative representation and pragmatic, effective solutions in often-changing business, regulatory and political environments.  Our lawyers include experts in such key areas as electric transmission rules and policy, electric and gas financing, utility mergers, asset sales, power contracts, market regulation, hydroelectric, retail ratemaking and prudence. 

EXPERIENCE

Transmission
State Regulatory Matters
Transactions
Finance
Generation/Power Marketing
Hydroelectric Generation

PERSPECTIVE

Alston & Bird’s electric and gas lawyers bring to each representation an unsurpassed depth and breath of experience – depth, in that our more senior lawyers have worked for a quarter-century or more on the most pressing electric and gas issues of the day, and breadth, in that we represent clients in diverse sectors of the energy industry, often in different markets. This 360-degree perspective gives us the ability to assess strategic and tactical issues in context and to understand the dynamics driving policy, political and business decisions. It also makes us uniquely qualified to handle matters that entail reconciliation of the imperatives of entities from different market sectors.

NATIONAL RANKING

Our group is ranked among the leading energy (electricity) practices before FERC in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2007, as well as having lawyers singled out as leaders in the field.  Attorneys are also recognized in The Best Lawyers in America.  

JUDGMENT AND EXPERIENCE

The lawyers of the electric and gas practice have witnessed enough cycles in energy policies to question critically, to look beyond the currently accepted wisdom and to bring the wisdom of experience to bear in their work.  That sound judgment and the experience that formed it are essential aspects of the legal service provided. Our substantive involvement in the regulatory, finance and business issues facing the various sectors of the electric and gas industries gives us the judgment needed to identify both risks and opportunities for our clients in the course of successfully resolving the matter at hand.