Energy Regulatory
Navigating the increasingly complex and multilayered
regulatory landscape that underpins the energy sector
can seem all consuming. The lawyers in the Energy
Regulatory practice group at Hogan Lovells counsel
energy and natural resources market stakeholders on afull range of legal issues.
We handle matters regulated by U.S. administrativeagencies (including FERC, the NRC, and DOE) and theirinternational counterparts. Due diligence. Regulatory
approvals for mergers and acquisitions. We counsel
financial firms on investments. Innovators on bringingideas to market. Established companies on growth. And
new companies entering the field.
Practice members include former counsels at
regulatory agencies and commissions, including aformer General Counsel for the U.S. Department ofEnergy and former advisors from the U.S. Department
of Interior, and leading global energy companies. We
deliver pragmatic solutions for the natural gas, oil,nuclear, electric, renewable, and petrochemicalindustries.
Our leading natural gas pipeline, LNG project
development, and FERC regulatory practice lawyers
handle multibillion dollar project developments andcomplex rate administrative proceedings.
In the electricity sector, we cover rate proceedings,
distributed generation, demand response, climate
regulation, transmission permitting, efficiency

Key contacts
Amy C. Roma,Washington, D.C.

Stefan M. Krantz,
Washington, D.C.

Mary Anne Sullivan,Washington, D.C.

Daniel F. Stenger,
Washington, D.C.

Greg Junge,Washington, D.C.

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standards compliance, and new technology
development.
Our nuclear energy team helps energy facility owners,operators, developers, investors, and vendors navigate
intricate regulations. We also advise clients associatedwith radioactive materials or nonpower reactors.
In an increasingly complex global market, we can plot acourse through obstacles to help you achieve acompetitive advantage and minimize risk.

Areas of focus
Energy Legislation and Policy
FERC and CFTC Enforcement andCompliance
Nuclear ReactorsPipeline Rate Regulation
HydrogenRelated sectors
Representative experience
Nearly 15 interstate natural gas pipelines respond toand comply with FERC tax-related Order No. 849,
including assisting each pipeline devise a strategy for a
response and helping to negotiate settlements.
Developing comprehensive rate case strategy involving
the modernization entire pipeline systems.
Lead counsel at FERC on one of the most complex
pipeline rate proceedings in the industry.
Advising on structuring LNG projects across various
components of the gas and LNG value chain, so risks
are properly allocated across the upstream, midstream,shipping, and terminal aspects of each project.
Project counsel on a variety of LNG and pipeline
development projects, advising on regulatory,transactional, and other matters associated with
development of multibillion dollar, complex projects.
Assist major industrial products manufacturers
formulate strategies for self-reporting and negotiatingwith the DOE highly favorable settlements involving
long-standing violations of DOE efficiency standards.
Advise both domestic and foreign manufacturers ofconsumer products in responding to enforcement
proceedings under DOE efficiency standards
regulations.

Energy and Natural Resources

Advise manufacturers of a variety of high-tech products
on strategies for complying with or obtaining
exceptions from efficiency standards applicable toinnovative products.
Represent clients on a broad spectrum of regulatory
issues involving electric transmission, interconnections,power sales and marketing, standards and codes ofconduct compliance, and regional market rules.
Advise public utilities and energy traders on conduct
and electric reliability standards, reporting, Open
Access Same-Time Information Systems, market
behavior rules, and Open Access Transmission Tariff.
Representing nuclear utilities, fuel cycle facilities,
reactor vendors, materials licensees, suppliers, andcontractors in connection with NRC licensing andcompliance with safety regulations.
Advising clients on a variety of nuclear issues related toDOE, such as loan guarantees, funding opportunities,
site use agreements, and import and export approvals.
Litigating for nuclear energy clients before the NRC’s
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, at trial andappellate levels, including judicial review of NRC
agency action in courts of appeals.
Advise NRC licensees on nuclear considerations inmergers and acquisitions, including license transfers,nuclear liability and insurance, due diligence,transactional documents, contracts, and CFIUS reviews.

Awards and rankings
Band 2 for Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation),
Nationwide, Chambers USA, 2018-2024
Band 3 for Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory &Litigation), USA, Chambers Global, 2018-2024
Tier 2 for Energy Regulatory: Conventional Power,
The Legal 500 US, 2018-2019
Tier 3 for Energy Regulatory: Oil and Gas, The Legal
500 US, 2018-2019
Band 3 for Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory &Litigation), Nationwide, Chambers USA, 2018
Band 3 for Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation),
USA, Chambers Global, 2018

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