Electric Utilities

We are routinely at the forefront of major regulatory and legal issues facing the electric industry.  Representative samples of our work includes:

  • Litigation under Federal Power Act Sections 203, 205, 206, and 309
  • Rates, terms, and conditions of wholesale and retail service
  • RTO/ISO stakeholder processes and market rules
  • FERC rulemaking and policy proceedings
  • Transmission interconnection and access
  • Power supply acquisition, power pooling, and operational agreements
  • Resource acquisition and disposition
  • Municipalization, structuring/restructuring of utility functions, and formation of new joint action agencies
  • Utility bankruptcies, mergers, and acquisitions
  • Standards of conduct and anti-market manipulation matters
  • Appeals of agency orders
  • Legislation

Environmental

Clients rely on Duncan & Allen LLP’s expertise to advise them on a broad range of environmental issues, including:

  • EPA rulemaking, comments, and policy proceedings
  • Strategic analysis and compliance strategies regarding CWA, CAA, RCRA, CERCLA & NEPA
  • Permitting
  • Litigation under both federal and state statutes or agency rules
  • Guidance regarding new and retiring facilities

 

Natural Gas and Oil Pipelines

Our clients consistently call on us to provide strategic advice and counsel regarding matters involving natural gas and oil pipelines, including:

  • Litigation under Natural Gas Act Sections 4, 5, and 7
  • Rates, terms, and conditions of wholesale and retail service
  • FERC rulemaking and policy proceedings
  • Appeals of agency orders
  • Resource acquisition and disposition
  • Legislation

Telecommunications

Duncan & Allen LLP’s attorneys have extensive experience assisting municipalities, state consumer advocates, and other governmental agencies regarding:

  • FCC proceedings involving licensing, rulemakings, and compliance
  • Appeals of FCC orders
  • Federal regulatory preemption
  • Pole attachments
  • Municipal ownership of telecommunications networks
  • Cable television franchises and regulation
  • Cellular tower zoning decisions
  • Leases and compensation agreements for public rights-of-way
  • Cable television franchises
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Our Practice

For over fifty years, we have been at the forefront of regulatory and legal issues facing consumer owned utilities.  We have a national reputation for solving clients’ problems creatively and cost effectively, through the perspective and experience of a firm with a national presence and deep understanding of the energy industry.  Our lawyers bring a wealth of industry and regulatory experience to the table, whether it is a complex transaction, a regulatory proceeding, a litigation matter, or a negotiation. That experience helps to assure that consumer interests – whether big or small – are not ignored in Washington or at the bargaining table.

Electric Utilities

Environmental

Natural Gas and Oil Pipelines

Telecommunications

   
Our Clients
Duncan & Allen LLP provides legal services to clients across the United States in an array of transactional and regulatory matters, as well as through all stages of litigation. The map below identifies those states in which the firm has recent engagements.
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