Tahiya Sultan

Tahiya Sultan works with clients innovating at the frontier of the energy, environmental and transportation sectors, helping them to find creative routes through the regulatory hurdles they face. Having worked at the Marin Municipal Water District, the California Public Utilities Commission, and the U.S. Department of the Interior, Tahiya has a firsthand understanding of the entities with whom her clients interact, and can offer advice with an insider perspective. In addition, she has represented multiple municipalities, including the City of San Bruno against PG&E in the San Bruno pipeline explosion proceeding. When coupled with her background in public sector regulation, Tahiya's resourceful approach to reconciling policy interpretation with technological evolution makes her practice as enterprising as it is informed.

From local ordinances, to state laws, to federal policy, Tahiya represents clients in all stages of energy and environmental regulation. She routinely appears before state regulated entities like the California Public Utilities Commission, the California State Water Resources Control Board, and the California Energy Commission. She has special experience in matters relating to CEQA, NEPA, and Proposition 65, as well as issues of liability for investor owned utilities following the 2017 and 2018 California wildfires. In 2018, Tahiya was chosen as a Clean Energy Leadership Institute Fellow. Tahiya serves as a Diversity Ambassador to promote diversity in the legal profession.