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Richard P. Sparling

Of Counsel

T 202.973.4293 Washington, D.C.
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Rick Sparling concentrates his practice on electric utility regulation and business matters, primarily representing investor-owned electric utilities as regulatory counsel before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Rick has gained his extensive knowledge of the electric utility industry from litigating traditional utility rate cases and drafting agreements associated with the purchase, sale, and transmission of electric power, including transmission service agreements and tariffs, interconnection agreements and capacity, and energy sales tariffs.

Rick has been involved in implementing and evaluating various federal and state industry restructuring proposals, including those concerning merchant transmission projects, stranded cost recovery, transmission access and cost allocation, PURPA reform, RTO formation, and retail choice.

 

Practice Highlights

Electric transmission cost allocation

Successfully represented owners of electric transmission assets in numerous FERC proceedings addressing the proper allocation of the costs of building, owning, and maintaining transmission assets.

Electric transmission planning issues

Drafted numerous FERC-jurisdictional tariff provisions and has participated in related FERC proceedings concerning the rights and obligations of owners of electric transmission facilities to plan the construction and operation of their transmission assets.
*Denotes experience prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine
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Admitted to Practice

  • District of Columbia, 1992
  • Pennsylvania, 1991

Education

  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1991
    • Executive Editor, Georgetown Journal of Law and Technology
  • B.A., International Relations and Affairs, The George Washington University, 1985

Background

    • Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP, Washington, D.C., 2005-2020
    • Counsel, Swidler Berlin, Washington, D.C., 1993-2005

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