Energy Legislation and Policy
As energy markets and technology evolve, antiquatedand unfair laws and regulations threaten to stifle
market innovation. And the future of your business.

Contacts
Aaron Cutler,Washington, D.C.

Intransigent government decision-making.
Unnecessarily aggressive or unwise regulation. We canhelp you change the laws and regulations to protect
and grow your business. Whether your interest isrenewable energy, fossil fuels, project finance, taxes, ormarket preservation, we know how to work your ideas
through complex statutory and regulatoryrequirements — or change them. Let us address yourconcern and advocate for your ideas.

James M. Wickett,

Representative experience

Government Relations
and Public Affairs
Energy Regulatory

Successfully advocated for several favorable DoddFrank provisions affecting energy firms.
Advising Kinder Morgan on its response to the Trump
Administration levying significant tariffs on steel.
Assisting numerous clients with gaining federal
approval to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from theU.S. and with the development of large and expensive
facilities for exporting LNG.
Assisting clients with advocacy related to federal
energy efficiency standards.
Representing a large renewable energy company inseeking support from Congress and the U.S.
Department of Interior for wind and transmission
projects.

Washington, D.C.

Mary Anne Sullivan,
Washington, D.C.

Charles Brasted,London

Practices

Industries
Energy and NaturalResourcesRepresenting clients, including traditional andrenewable energy suppliers, providers, operators, andtrade associations in government relations efforts
related to energy legislation introduced in 2010.
Actively involved in all congressional actions related toelectric transmission, including with regard to tax
incentives and regulatory proposals.
Regularly counseling and assisting clients in obtaining
legislative or regulatory changes, or interpretive rulingsat the state level to obtain renewable energy credits.
Actively involved in promoting changes to energy
investment tax credit provisions for solar, geothermal,fuel cell, and microturbine property.
Advising the largest U.S. developer of solar
photovoltaic projects on a variety of project, tax, andrenewable energy credit issues.
Influencing the federal renewable fuel standard and inseeking to influence proposed federal renewable
portfolio standard legislation on behalf of renewableenergy clients.
Helping in the enactment of new tax incentives for
production of alternative fuels.
Assisting four clients in submitting requests forpotential funding under DOE's Advanced Research
Projects Agency-Energy program, including one of the37 awardees out of an initial field of more than 3,400
applicants.
Advising two clients in connection with possible
partnerships with the Western Area Power
Administration for new transmission facilities.
Assisting several clients in applying for funding underDOE's Clean Coal Power Initiative and represented anawardee in negotiating a cooperative agreement.
Assisting several clients in negotiating award
agreements under various Recovery Act funded
programs, including three utility smart grid awardees.

Working extensively on legislative and regulatory
issues related to siting and building of electrictransmission.
Supporting the work to gain federal approval for G2 toexport natural gas from the U.S.

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