Jon R. Stickman
Jon R. Stickman
Partner
JRS@duncanallen.com
Duncan & Allen
1575 Eye Street NW, Ste 300
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-289-8400
Fax: 202-289-8450
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Jon joined the energy law practice at Duncan & Allen in 1997, and since then has
focused on a variety of energy regulatory, strategic planning and transactional
matters, with a recent emphasis on restructured electric markets and compliance
with the Energy Policy Act of 2005. He represents publicly-owned utility systems
(municipal electric utilities, rural electric cooperatives and irrigation districts)
in California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, New England, and the Midwest.
With regard to energy regulatory matters, Jon has represented the Turlock Irrigation
District, the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) and the Cities of Glendale, California,
Burbank, California in the full panoply of litigation involving the California electric
crisis before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), including protracted
multiparty litigation involving refunds, accusations of market manipulation and
efforts to abrogate long-term contracts.
Jon has participated in the utility restructuring
in California, the Southwest, and New England, including the formulation of FERC
compliant Open Access Transmission Tariffs (OATTs). Jon has litigated a number of
cases involving the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and the Independent
System Operator of New England (ISO-NE) designed to protect his clients’ existing
transmission contract rights and their non-jurisdictional status under the Section
201(f) of the Federal Power Act.
Jon represented the Kansas City Board of Public
utilities in successfully opposing the merger between Western Resources and Kansas
City Power and Light. As a result, Jon has broad experience in virtually all aspects
of regulatory matters and the design of restructured electric markets.
Using his knowledge of the FERC’s restructuring mandates, the California energy crisis,
and the restructured electric markets in the west and northeast, Jon provides strategic
planning to facilitate his clients successful participation in the electric markets,
transmission access and energy pricing.
Each year, Jon leads a seminar with his
clients’ local counsel and upper management addressing strategic planning, market
participation and compliance with the reliability, transmission access and market
manipulation requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Jon’s transactional experience involves the negotiation of a broad array of power
purchase and sale agreements, as well as transmission procurement agreements. Jon
negotiated the IID Interconnection Agreement with CalEnergy and the associated 30
year, 170 MW Power Purchase agreement.
In addition, Jon recently finished negotiating
ten long-term power supply and delivery arrangements between Arizona Public Service
and ten Arizona Electric and Irrigation Districts in the Phoenix area. With his
vast knowledge of the CAISO’s operations and procedures, Jon has also negotiated
an array of agreements involving the CAISO.
During law school, Jon clerked in the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Washington and at Eversheds an international law firm based in England.
As a clerk in the District Court, Jon learned the intricacies of federal litigation
and arbitration. At Eversheds, Jon focused on international energy and tort issues,
including issues associated with the energy restructuring in England.
- Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- California
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Court of Appeals (various circuits)
- Representative Clients
- Municipal Utilities
- Municipal Cable Entities
- G&T Cooperative Clients
- Merchant Transmission Companies
- Education
- University of Southern California (B.A. Political Science, 1994)
- Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, LA (J.D. 1997, Maritime Certificate
of Specialization)
- Professional Associations and Memberships
- Energy Bar Association
- California Bar Association
- American Bar Association