For more information about this practice area, please contact William Adams or Dane Stinson. Bailey Cavalieri's Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Practice Group possesses the full range of experience and capabilities required to represent public utility companies, competitive service providers and consumers before state regulatory agencies, in state and federal trial and appellate courts, in contract negotiations, and in alternative dispute resolution processes. With nearly 40 years of collective experience in the regulatory arena, we have covered the gamut of traditional utilities regulation, as well as cutting edge issues in deregulation, for the telecommunications, electric, gas, water, and transportation industries. Telecommunications: Our attorneys' experience includes wholesale and retail rate regulation; alternative regulation; local interconnection negotiations, mediations and arbitrations; service quality issues; certifications; rulemakings; and the prosecution and defense of competitor and customer complaints. More... Energy: Deregulation and competitive issues are the focus of our attorneys' energy practice, and include certification of competitive suppliers and governmental aggregators; the resolution of disputes among suppliers, competitors and customers; generic rulemakings; rate regulation (including municipal rate ordinances and appeals); prosecution and defense of competitor and consumer complaints, including service quality issues; siting power plants and other energy facilities; transactions involving energy assets; and advice and negotiations for special contracts for energy sellers and consumers. More... Water: Our attorneys provide advice and representation on rate issues, consultation on municipal ordinances, and the prosecution and defense of consumer complaints, including service quality issues. Transportation: Our attorneys assist motor carriers in drafting contracts with shippers, equipment lease agreements with other carriers, and contracts with independent operators. We also represent motor carriers in generic rulemaking proceedings, regulatory compliance, and in registration matters. |
