Jamil Nasir is counsel in the firm's Energy Group. Jamil's utility practice has been wide-ranging, involving substantial work on state and federal energy regulatory matters, administrative and court litigation, prudence proceedings, nuclear power, environmental issues and insurance recovery, all on behalf of major utilities in the Northeast and Midwest and on the West Coast. For the past several years, he has specialized in litigation before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on energy and capacity markets, transmission and industry restructuring issues. He was deeply involved in market redesign and setting up the Independent System Operator in New York, and more recently in disputes concerning the design of transmission, energy and capacity markets in New England.
Jamil received his undergraduate degree, with high distinction, from the University of Michigan in 1978. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1983.
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As counsel to a large, multistate utility, Jamil briefed and participated in FERC hearings that culminated in creation of the new Forward Capacity Market design for the New England region.
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As counsel to a large, multistate utility, Jamil undertook a complex, year-long negotiation with dozens of the nation’s largest utilities to structure an important industry standards group in a form advantageous to his client.
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As counsel to a large utility company, Jamil was instrumental in developing the methodology that led to the settlement of a multibillion-dollar nuclear prudence case.
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As counsel to a large utility company, Jamil headed the damages quantification effort in four complex, nuclear construction litigations.
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Developed the litigation screening and evaluation program for a large utility’s contaminated sites and helped create the methodology for the company’s subsequent global settlement of environmental liability with regulators.