Patrick J. Ferguson

Partner

I help my clients find profitable ways to address climate change through energy sustainability, innovation, and policy.

Patrick Ferguson helps clients identify new commercial opportunities and navigate regulatory complexities created by the transformation of the electric grid and the energy sources that power it. He advises developers, power producers, community-choice aggregators, utilities, and investors on industry trends, compliance, resource planning, and all transactional aspects of energy purchase and storage.

His practice encompasses energy policy, project development, and energy-related transactions in California and throughout the Western United States, with particular focus on commercial contracting, dispute resolution, and regulatory policy involving the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Independent System Operator (CAISO), and the California Energy Commission (CEC).

Practice Highlights

Renewables development

Assisting utilities, community choice aggregators, and developers with the commercial structuring, financing, regulatory approvals, and purchase/sale of 1,000+ MWs of solar, wind, and geothermal resources throughout the western US. Local counsel for purchase, transfer of control, and certificate proceedings involving regulated transmission, pipeline, and electric assets in California.

Energy policy

Representing clients in dozens of state and federal energy regulatory proceedings involving resource planning, resource adequacy, energy storage, and distributed energy resources.

Regulatory compliance and dispute resolution

Successfully resolved numerous commercial disputes for clients adverse to California’s investor owned utilities. Advised on compliance investigations involving the CPUC, Department of Justice, and California Office of the Attorney General.

* Denotes prior experience

Admitted to Practice

California, 2007
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2008
Supreme Court of California, 2008
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2009

Education

J.D., Columbia Law School, 2007
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- President, Environmental Law Society
- Advisor, Columbia University Earth Institute
- Staff Editor, Columbia Human Rights Law Review
B.S., B.B.A., Management Science, Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business, 2003, cum laude
- Dean’s Citation for Academic and Extracurricular Excellence

Memberships & Affiliations

- Board of Directors, Power Association of Northern California, present

Professional Recognition

- Named one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Energy Regulatory by Best Lawyers, 2020-present

Background

- Director, Regulatory Affairs, NaturEner USA, LLC, San Francisco, 2013-2014
- Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, 2007-2013

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