DWT’s Energy Practice Group has attorneys with strong backgrounds in politics and government. These attorneys have held executive level and key staff positions in both federal government agencies and Congress, and our attorneys have strong ties with state legislatures and agencies in California and the Northwest. We can analyze the potential impact of a proposed bill or regulation, draft alternatives, prepare and deliver testimony, and arrange meetings with staff and decision-makers.

Representative Transactions

• Counseling and lobbying regarding federal electricity legislation that would increase competition and reliability at the wholesale level, and effectively rewrite the Northwest Power Act.

• Representation of hydroelectric generators advocating legislation and regulatory reform of the hydroelectric licensing process.

• Representation of industry trade associations in Congressional environmental proceedings.

• Counseling and lobbying regarding state electricity legislation that would create retail competition.

• Representation of industry trade association on an Oregon legislative work group to draft a hydroelectric project relicensing bill.

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