John has over 32 years of experience representing municipalities, consumer-owned utilities, and other consumer interests in a variety of forums, including proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), state utility regulatory commissions, federal and state trial and appellate courts, arbitration tribunals, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). His extensive practice encompasses regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters in the energy sector.

John has advised developers and regulatory stakeholders in negotiations and disputes related to renewable resource power sales and interconnection agreements. He has represented consumer-owned utilities in the negotiation of power purchase and sale agreements and has handled disputes with Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and transmission owners involving issues such as market design, cost allocation, reliability must-run conditions, transmission planning, tariff design, and formula rates for transmission revenue requirements. He has also assisted political subdivisions in establishing fully operational electric utilities, including the acquisition of facilities and power supply arrangements.

John’s work includes representing a state consumer advocate in parallel federal bankruptcy reorganization and state regulatory proceedings, successfully obtaining and enforcing restraints against burdening utility credit with non-utility risks. He has advised municipalities and consumer interests in utility merger proceedings, such as representing the Government of the District of Columbia before the District of Columbia Public Service Commission in the acquisition of Pepco Holdings, Inc. by Exelon Corp. in 2015, addressing market concentration issues in the Duke-Progress merger proceedings before FERC from 2011 to 2012, and preventing the Babcock & Brown acquisition of NorthWestern Corporation before the Montana Public Service Commission in 2007.

Additionally, John represented the American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association as amici curiae before the United States Supreme Court in *Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC*, 136 S. Ct. 1288 (2016). With his deep expertise and strategic counsel, John is a trusted advocate for clients navigating complex energy regulatory landscapes.