In this era of heightened state and federal regulatory scrutiny, the issues affecting environmental, energy and utility law are more intrusive and complex than ever. With more than 35 experienced attorneys in offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, Saul Ewing’s Environment, Energy and Utilities Department is composed of professionals whose knowledge and experience encompass the full breadth of these sensitive and crucial areas of our economy. Our lawyers serve clients in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia, regularly appearing before local, state and federal regulatory agencies and courts.
Our attorneys advise clients on how to comply with increasingly strict and complex economic and environmental regulations, defend (and occasionally challenge) administrative decisions and lead successful company or industry challenges to agency actions that exceed legal authority or scientific justification. Our energy attorneys provide counsel and representation on energy (electricity, natural gas, LNG, steam, and hot and chilled water) water, wastewater, telecommunications and transportation issues. We have one of the most experienced utility rate and regulatory practices in the region, and we also assist clients with the development of new projects and the acquisition and divestiture of existing facilities.
Strong Connections and Valuable Experience
The Department is comprised of attorneys who have served in-house and in public service positions, gaining valuable local, state and federal experience and contacts. Our attorneys have held the following positions:
- Member of President Obama's Energy and Environmental Policy Committee during campaign
- Chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
- Commissioner of Maryland’s Public Service Commission
- Commissioner and Chair of the Delaware River Basin Commission
- Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Energy
- Director of the EPA's criminal enforcement program
- President of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners
- President of the Organization of PJM States
- Treasurer of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
- Secretary to the Executive Committee of the Northeast Power Coordinating Council
- Chair of the New York Bar Association Committee on Public Utility Law
- Chair of the New Jersey Bar Association's Public Utility Law Section
- Senior Climate Change Policy Advisor for the British Legation to the United States
- Chair of the New Jersey Water Supply Authority
- Chair of the New Jersey Clean Water Council
- Assistant Attorney General and Assistant Counsel to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (now the Department of Environmental Protection)
- Senior Executive and General Counsel of a New York Water Utility
- Vice-Chair of the New Jersey Water Supply Authority
- Associate General Counsel at one of the largest energy delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region
- In-house counsel for rate matters for American Electric Power Service Corporation
Within our Mid-Atlantic footprint, Saul Ewing attorneys provide clients with a unique combination of state and local knowledge, experience and relationships and extensive complex regulatory, transactional and litigation experience. Our team includes the Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group and the Energy and Utilities Practice Group.
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Industries Served
- Chemical
- E-Commerce
- Education
- Electricity distribution
- Electricity generation
- Financial services
- Food
- Gas and petroleum exploration, refining, distribution and marketing
- Government
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Mining
- Natural gas distribution
- Pharmaceutical
- Railroad
- Real estate
- Solid Waste Management Services
- Telecommunications
- Water supply
Clients Served
- Aggregate and sand mining produces
- Coal companies
- Electric and gas utilities
- Electricity generators and project developers
- Fortune 500 corporations
- Governmental entities
- Independent natural gas producers
- Industry associations
- Natural gas processors and distributors
- Natural gas storage developers
- Pipeline companies
- Refineries and retailers
- Specialty mineral companies
- Telecommunications providers
- Water utilities
Why Saul Ewing?
- Saul Ewing combines superb local experience and knowledge, with legal professionals who have enjoyed national recognition for the quality of their work. In addition, our flexible rate structures reflect regional standards, and is likely to be well below firms whose focus extends beyond the Mid-Atlantic.
- Saul Ewing is a full service law firm, able to provide clients additional services, including corporate and financial counseling and assistance on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, construction projects, taxes, bankruptcy, financial security, labor and employment, corporate governance, insurance and risk management.
- Our environmental and energy attorneys are well-schooled in navigating the federal, state and local regulatory and permitting processes and represent clients in enforcement and utility rate proceedings, natural resource owners in regulatory takings cases, and in the purchasing and selling of mineral rights, and the acquisition, sale or siting of energy facilities.
- Saul Ewing has strong government affairs practices in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey, as well as strategic relationships with State Street Advisors, an independent lobbying entity in Pennsylvania, and Harris Jones & Malone LLC, a Maryland-based lobbying firm. We provide clients with the latest legislative information involving energy development, public policy, regulatory and permitting compliance and governmental issues.
- The Firm's pre-eminent litigation practice has significant experience in contract, environmental, condemnation, title, real estate, bankruptcy, and commercial disputes that can and do arise in the energy/utility industries.
- Attorneys in our oil field services practice counsel a number of the nation's largest petrochemical, oil corporations, oil and pipeline companies and public utilities in litigation matters, government relations, government contracts, and administrative appeals.