Energy & Utilities

Companies in the energy and utility industries face unique challenges and opportunities. There is a growing demand for new and renewable energy sources while there is the continuing critical need to efficiently manage existing resources for reliability. Aging infrastructure must be improved as new technologies develop. In this environment, regulatory experience is a critical component in the existing operating infrastructure and in developing new energy projects. Backed by years of in-depth industry experience, we combine specific knowledge and experience in this field with seamless collaboration across jurisdictions and practice areas.

The Energy and Utilities Group of Archer and Archer Public Affairs is among the most active in the Mid-Atlantic region, representing clients in all aspects of energy and utility operations and infrastructure development. We offer administrative, regulatory, project development, and transactional counseling. For decades, our attorneys have represented and advised regulated public utilities, generation companies, renewable energy developers, municipalities and municipal authorities, corporations and financers, and advocated to federal, state and local officials on their behalf.

Areas of Focus

• Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
• Water
• Solar
• Onshore and offshore wind
• Oil and gas
• Telecommunications
• Project development and finance
• Energy litigation
• Energy transactions

Services

• State and federal regulatory affairs
• Negotiating interconnection agreements, joint ownership and development agreements, project operation agreements, purchase/sale agreements, and rights to renewable energy credits
• Negotiating energy marketing and transportation contracts
• Representation in administrative and judicial proceedings and investigations
• Project development and finance
• Real estate acquisition and condemnation
• Land use approvals and environmental permitting
• Environmental litigation, including natural resource defense claims
• Competition and antitrust
• Mergers and reorganizations